Re: tzs for aussies



On Sunday, 26 March 2006 at 21:32:33 -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
i am told that the aussies have gone nuts and have moved
this year's change from summer time to normal one week.
they are said to have made the change this weekend, a week
early, at least on the east coast, due to some scheme about
the commonwealth games being hosted in melbourne.

No, it's the other way round. It should have been on Sunday, but now
it's a week late on 2 April.

so, are there /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/ files for this bit of
silliness?

Sure.

Greg
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