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AEST is used in Queensland Australia, Papua New Guinea, Guam, and Vladivostok in far eastern Russia on the Kamchatka peninsula beside the Pacific Ocean Brisbane (Sunrise 6:38AMSunset 5:05PM
) Note, Queensland is a large state: Townsville (Sunrise 6:47AMSunset 5:46PM
) Mount Isa (Sunrise 7:19AMSunset 6:13PM
) Vanuatu, Solomon Islands are 1 hr ahead. Fiji and New Zealand are 2 hrs ahead. Tonga and Samoa are 3 hrs ahead. American Samoa is also 3 hrs ahead but on the previous day due to the International Date Line. Sydney (Sunrise 7:01), Hobart (Sunrise 7:42), Melbourne (Sunrise 7:36) Adelaide (Sunrise 7:24 B7:54), BrokenHill (Sunrise 7:05 B7:35) ½ hr behind Darwin (Sunrise 7:08 B7:38) also ½ hr behind Tokyo, Seoul 1 hr behind North Korea 1½ hrs behind Perth (Sunrise 7:17 B9:17) 2 hrs behind - except for Eucla in WA (Sunrise 7:09 B8:24) 1¼ hrs behind China (including Tibet), Philippines, Malaysia also 2 hrs behind Beijing, capital of China in the far north (Sunrise 4:50 B6:50Sunset 7:46 B9:46
) Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Novosibirsk-Russia (chief city in Siberia) 3 hrs behind Myanmar 3½ hrs behind Bangladesh, Kazakhstan-East 4 hrs behind Nepal 4¼ hrs behind India 4½ hrs behind Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan-Central 5 hrs behind Afghanistan 5½ hrs behind Iran also 5½ hrs behind (Daylight Saving) Turkey, Moscow, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania 7 hrs behind Athens, Israel, Syria, Jordan also 7 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) Egypt, Libya, Congo Democratic Republic, South Africa 8 hrs behind Europe except UK & Portugal also 8 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) Algeria, Nigeria, Morocco 9 hrs behind England, Portugal also 9 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) South West Africa (Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritania) and Iceland 10 hrs behindCentral and Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina 11 hrs ahead (previous day) Western Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Chile 10 hrs ahead (previous day) also New York, Toronto, Montreal, Cuba, Haiti 10 hrs ahead (previous day) (daylight saving) Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Cancún in Mexico 9 hrs ahead (previous day) also Texas, Mexico City 9 hrs ahead (previous day) (daylight saving) San Salvador, Guatemala 8 hrs ahead (previous day) also Chihuahua Sinaloa and Baja California Sur in Northern Mexico, Colorado Utah and New Mexico in USA, Alberta in Canada 8 hrs ahead (previous day) (daylight saving) Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Northern Mexico) 7 hours ahead (previous day) (all year round) also Baja California in Mexico, Los Angeles, Seattle, Yukon 7 hrs ahead (previous day) (daylight saving) Alaska 6 hrs ahead (previous day) (daylight saving) Hawaii 4 hrs ahead (previous day)
10 hours behind Brisbane was also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) after the 1850s and 1860s (before Daylight Saving emerged) when the Greenwich Royal Observatory in London was chosen by the USA (in particular) as the centre for establishing world time. This line at the Observatory bisects East and West, being 0 degrees longitude. One of the issues prompting this declaration was The Philippines. Their new Spanish Governor in 1844 had decided to skip a day and Monday December 30 1844 was followed by Wednesday January 1 1845.
On 1 November 1884, GMT was adopted universally at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC. As a result, the International Date Line was drawn up and 24 time zones were created.
In 1967, the International Telecommunications Union based in Geneva Switzerland established UTC (Co-ordinated Universal Time) as their official time standard, a standard which became the successor to GMT.
On Tuesday March 21, 2017 1:56 PM, "Stephen Williamson" wrote:
Subject: March Equinox now past, almost time to fix up our clocks :-)
Hi all
Yep, nearly that time of year when we realign with Sydney time. This Sunday week.
Great little link below, you can change month and year, by manually altering the hyperlink. Or clicking on their date option (just below their heading). You can also change countries. Boy, I could have used one of these at school when I was in that geography/physics class trying to figure out all those "bits and bobs and what ifs".
March 20 last night. Our Equinox (sun was directly over Equator at 8:29pm) Brisbane Sunrise 5:51AMSunset 5:59PM
March 25 will be our most equal day due to a light lingering "quirkiness" thing. Technical term : "refraction" Brisbane Sunrise 5:53AMSunset 5:53PM
11hrs 59 minutes 43 seconds almost, not quite, 12 hours. December 21 was our Longest day, ie sun was furthest to the south over Tropic of Capricorn Brisbane Sunrise 4:49AMSunset 6:42PM
13hrs 52 minutes 54 seconds June 21 (Shortest day, sun furthest to the north over Tropic of Cancer) Brisbane Sunrise 6:37AMSunset 5:01PM
10hrs 24 minutes 13 seconds
March 20 yesterday afternoon. Their Equinox (sun was directly over Equator at 12:29pm) Jerusalem Sunrise 5:41AMSunset 5:51PM
March 16 was their most equal day due to their latitude and curvature. Jerusalem Sunrise 5:48AMSunset 5:47PM
11hrs 59 minutes 47 seconds June 21 (Their Longest day - they use Daylight saving, starts 2am this Friday) Jerusalem Sunrise 5:34AMSunset 7:47PM
14hrs 13 minutes 33 seconds December 21 (Shortest day) Jerusalem Sunrise 6:35AMSunset 4:39PM
10hrs 4 minutes 28 seconds Blessings Steve
Daylight Saving Time by Country
Some History
Daylight Saving Time History
In ancient times, by using sundials there were always 12 hours in the day, though its length varied with the seasons. Romans were fond of the water clock, a mechanised way of knowing the time, day and night. After mechanical clocks developed about 1000 AD, the length of the hour gradually became fixed. People varied their opening hours between seasons, as it suited them.
Daylight saving was introduced during World War 1 by both sides of the conflict. Berlin initiated the move in summer on Monday 1st May 1916 as a means of conserving coal, by having more light in the evening. Other countries followed suit, including Australia, in 1917 only. After 1919, while UK US France Canada and Ireland kept it going, the rest of Europe and Russia abandoned it. It was restored by many countries (but not Russia) in 1940 during World War 2, abandoned afterwards in 1949 or 1950, then brought in again starting in Tasmania in 1968. Most of Australia followed in 1971 excepting Western Australia and Northern Territory. After many complaints in much of Queensland, it was abandoned there the following year in 1972. It was retrialled under Labour Premier Wayne Goss in 1989, but has been abandoned since 1992.
Daylight Saving Time in Australia
Following pages are from www.timetemperature.com
when the sun was in the south :-) Brisbane (Sunrise 4:44AMSunset 6:27PM
) Note, Queensland is a large state: Townsville (Sunrise 5:25AMSunset 6:36PM
) Mount Isa (Sunrise 5:52AMSunset 7:08PM
) Vanuatu is 1 hr ahead. Fiji is 2 hrs ahead. New Zealand is 3 hrs ahead (on Daylight Saving). Tonga is also 3 hrs ahead (but without Daylight Saving). Samoa is 4 hrs ahead (Daylight Saving), noting that Samoa used it in 2020, but not in 2021. American Samoa is 3 hrs ahead (without Daylight Saving) and on the previous day due to the International Date Line. Sydney (Sunrise 5:37 B4:37), Hobart (Sunrise 5:27 B4:27), Melbourne (Sunrise 5:52 B4:52) NSW, Victoria and Tasmania are 1 hr ahead (except for Broken Hill in NSW). Daylight Saving Adelaide (Sunrise 5:55 B5:25), BrokenHill (Sunrise 5:51 B5:21) ½ hr ahead (Daylight Saving) Darwin (Sunrise 6:11 B6:41) ½ hr behind Tokyo, Seoul 1 hr behind North Korea 1½ hrs behind Perth (Sunrise 5:03 B7:03) 2 hrs behind - except for Eucla in WA (Sunrise 4:57 B6:12) 1¼ hrs behind. China (including Tibet), Philippines, Malaysia also 2 hrs behind Beijing, capital of China in the far north (Sunrise 7:14AM B9:14AMSunset 4:50PM B6:50PM
) Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Novosibirsk-Russia (chief city in Siberia) 3 hrs behind Myanmar 3½ hrs behind Bangladesh, Kazakhstan-East 4 hrs behind Nepal 4¼ hrs behind India 4½ hrs behind Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan-Central 5 hrs behind Afghanistan 5½ hrs behind Iran 6½ hrs behind Turkey, Moscow, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania 7 hrs behind Egypt, Libya, Congo Dem Rep, South Africa 8 hrs behind Athens, Israel, Syria, Jordan also 8 hrs behind Algeria, Nigeria. Morocco 9 hrs behind Europe except UK & Portugal also 9 hrs behind South West Africa (Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritania) and Iceland 10 hrs behind. England, Portugal also 10 hrs behind Central and Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina 11 hrs ahead (previous day) also Chile, Paraguay 11 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Western Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela 10 hrs ahead (previous day) Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Cancún in Mexico 9 hrs ahead (previous day) also New York, Toronto, Montreal, Cuba, Haiti 9 hrs ahead (previous day) San Salvador, Guatemala 8 hrs ahead (previous day) also Mexico City, Texas 8 hrs ahead (previous day) Northern Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Alberta 7 hrs ahead (previous day) Baja California in Mexico, Los Angeles, Seattle, Yukon 6 hrs ahead (previous day) Alaska 5 hrs ahead (previous day) Hawaii 4 hrs ahead (previous day)
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