[tz] Fallback rules?

Alfie John alfie at fastmail.com
Wed Nov 4 01:27:50 UTC 2015


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Random832 wrote:
> > Here's the definition for Australia/Brisbane:
> >
> >  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE IN     ON      AT    SAVE  LETTER/S
> >  Rule    AQ      1971    only    -    Oct    lastSun 2:00s 1:00  D
> >  Rule    AQ      1972    only    -    Feb    lastSun 2:00s 0     S
> >  Rule    AQ      1989    1991    -    Oct    lastSun 2:00s 1:00  D
> >  Rule    AQ      1990    1992    -    Mar    Sun>=1  2:00s 0     S
> >  Rule    Holiday 1992    1993    -    Oct    lastSun 2:00s 1:00  D
> >  Rule    Holiday 1993    1994    -    Mar    Sun>=1  2:00s 0     S
> >  Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 -   LMT    1895
> >                          10:00   Aus  AE%sT  1971
> >                          10:00   AQ   AE%sT
> >
> > As the zone ends with AQ, and AQ does not have a "max" ending date, what
> > should Australia/Brisbane fall back to after 1992?
> 
> Er, there is a spring forward rule in 1993, and a fall back rule in
> 1994, and it ends on standard time.

If you're referring to "Holiday", I don't see how that applies to
"Australia/Brisbane" seeing as there it's not included in its
zone rules.

Alfie


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