Timezone (TZ) and Daylight Saving (DST) information

for general information please see the Technote Managing the Time Zone Variable from the AIX Technical Help Database

Normal Daylight Savings Time Zone variables for AIX in Australia and New Zealand Examples based on current rules at time of creation, Customers should contact their local Government office to verify the start and stop rules for DST in their locality The TZ String may be relevant to other applications, such as Java which uses part of the string to compare with a table of known AIX strings such as EET-10EEDT, so please ensure you test any non standard strings, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.files/doc/aixfiles/environment.htm Location local Government Specific Daylight Saving Page Recommended Current TZ String Australian Government Time - australia.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Summer Time ACT TZ=EET-10EETDT,M10.1.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00 New South Wales Daylight Saving in New South Wales TZ=EET-10EETDT,M10.1.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00 Northern Territory   TZ=ACST-9:30 Queensland   TZ=EET-10 South Australia Daylight Saving TZ=ACST-9:30ACDT,M10.1.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00  Tasmania Tasmania's Daylight Saving Arrangements TZ=EET-10EETDT,M10.1.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00 Victoria Daylight Saving Dates TZ=EET-10EETDT,M10.1.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00 Western Australia Daylight Saving Information WAUST-8WAUDT,M10.5.0/02:00,M3.5.0/03:00 New Zealand Daylight Saving NZST-12NZDT,M9.5.0/02:00,M4.1.0/03:00

[Introduction of Daylight Saving Time in Western Australia 2006] New Zealand DST change for 2007 Australian DST change for 2008