Australian Time Zones

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Mon Dec 19 09:57:52 EST 2016


> On Dec 18, 2016, at 11:20 PM, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> 
> The recent release notes gave Australia's timezone as GMT-10.  That is
> not correct.
> 
> Australia has three timezones.  In Eastern Australia, where I live, the
> timezone is GMT+10 (150 deg E.)  Summer time, where implemented, is
> GMT+11.
> 
> Central time, used in Adelaide, is GMT+9.5.
> 
> Perth, W.A. time is GMT+8.  East of Eucla on the south coast, local
> time is GMT+9, but that may not be an official TZ.
> 
> GMT-10 passes right through Central Alaska, but Alaska uses GMT-9.
> 

No, the release note reports a bug titled "Australian (GMT-10) OFX transactions imported have previous day's date." as being fixed. That bug was filed by someone in the GMT+10 TZ and he included that information in the title, but got the sign wrong.

Regards,
John Ralls




More information about the gnucash-user mailing list