On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:28:18PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Christian PERRIER <[email protected]> writes: > > That's indeed insane..:-). Hobart (Tasmania), Melbourne (Victoria), > > Sydney (NSW) and Canberra (ACT) have the *exact* same time rules > > (including DST). > > But they didn't always; and with the tendency of governments to flex > their arbitrary timezone powers, they may be different again in future.
Indeed, Vic and NSW only aligned themselves with Tasmania a few years back. Tasmania had longer daylight savings periods for years before. It's feasible that it will differ again in the future. I think Vic/ACT/NSW discrepancies are unlikely but it doesn't seem worth removing them to me. Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
