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20-03-2008, 11:35 AM
Daylight saving starts on Sunday 28 October 2007 at 2 a.m. when clocks are put forward one hour -daylight saving will end on Sunday 6 April 2008
Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not participate in Daylight Saving - such
enlightened souls? Which means that Australia has both horizontal and vertical time zones in summer!!
For the next few years, the start and stop DST dates for NSW, ACT, Vic and SA would be:-
28 October 2007 to 6 April 2008
5 October 2008 to 5 April 2009
History of Daylight Saving in NSW
Daylight saving operated nationally during World War I from 1 January 1917 to 25 March 1917 and during World War II for three summers, beginning on 1 January 1942.
Daylight saving was introduced again in this State on 31 October 1971 after the Standard Time Act 1971 was passed by the New South Wales Parliament.
A referendum held on 1 May 1976 submitted a proposal that daylight saving be adopted on a permanent basis. The ballot paper stated:
Daylight saving operated nationally during World War I from 1 January 1917 to 25 March 1917 and during World War II for three summers, beginning on 1 January 1942. Daylight saving was introduced again in this State on 31 October 1971 after the Standard Time Act 1971 was passed by the New South Wales Parliament. A referendum held on 1 May 1976 submitted a proposal that daylight saving be adopted on a permanent basis. The ballot paper stated:
At present there is a period commonly called "daylight saving" by which time is advanced by one hour for the period commencing on the last Sunday in October in each year and ending on the first Sunday in March in the following year.
Electors were then asked to answer YES or NO to the question:
Are you in favour of daylight saving?
1,882,770 electors were in favour; 868,900 were against and 35,507 votes were informal. This is a ratio of 13:6 in favour.
In 1988 Parliament amended the Standard Time Act 1987 (which superseded the 1971 legislation) to fix the dates of daylight saving (beginning with the summer of 1989/90) from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March. This was the period which had been observed since 1971 except for an extension in 1981/82 because of power shortages and extensions during four consecutive summers, beginning 1985/86.
In 1995 a further amendment to the Act extended the daylight saving period to the last Sunday in March, effective from the summer of 1995/96. Daylight saving in New South Wales now finishes on the same date.
Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not participate in Daylight Saving - such
enlightened souls? Which means that Australia has both horizontal and vertical time zones in summer!!
For the next few years, the start and stop DST dates for NSW, ACT, Vic and SA would be:-
28 October 2007 to 6 April 2008
5 October 2008 to 5 April 2009
History of Daylight Saving in NSW
Daylight saving operated nationally during World War I from 1 January 1917 to 25 March 1917 and during World War II for three summers, beginning on 1 January 1942.
Daylight saving was introduced again in this State on 31 October 1971 after the Standard Time Act 1971 was passed by the New South Wales Parliament.
A referendum held on 1 May 1976 submitted a proposal that daylight saving be adopted on a permanent basis. The ballot paper stated:
Daylight saving operated nationally during World War I from 1 January 1917 to 25 March 1917 and during World War II for three summers, beginning on 1 January 1942. Daylight saving was introduced again in this State on 31 October 1971 after the Standard Time Act 1971 was passed by the New South Wales Parliament. A referendum held on 1 May 1976 submitted a proposal that daylight saving be adopted on a permanent basis. The ballot paper stated:
At present there is a period commonly called "daylight saving" by which time is advanced by one hour for the period commencing on the last Sunday in October in each year and ending on the first Sunday in March in the following year.
Electors were then asked to answer YES or NO to the question:
Are you in favour of daylight saving?
1,882,770 electors were in favour; 868,900 were against and 35,507 votes were informal. This is a ratio of 13:6 in favour.
In 1988 Parliament amended the Standard Time Act 1987 (which superseded the 1971 legislation) to fix the dates of daylight saving (beginning with the summer of 1989/90) from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March. This was the period which had been observed since 1971 except for an extension in 1981/82 because of power shortages and extensions during four consecutive summers, beginning 1985/86.
In 1995 a further amendment to the Act extended the daylight saving period to the last Sunday in March, effective from the summer of 1995/96. Daylight saving in New South Wales now finishes on the same date.