1# @(#)africa 7.15
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13#
14# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16# I found in the UCLA library.
17#
18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20# Oxford University Press (1980).
21#
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250Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
251Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
252Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
253Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
254Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
255Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
256Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
257Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
258Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
259Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
260Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
261Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
262Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
263Rule Egypt 1990 max - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
265Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
266 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
267
268# Equatorial Guinea
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
271 0:00 - WAT 1963 Dec 15
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385Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
386Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
387Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
388Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
389Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
390Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
391Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
392Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S
393# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
394Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
395 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
396 2:00 - EET 1982
397# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
398# usno1995 (from OAG) says Libya uses 2:00 all year, as they did before 1982.
399# We don't know when they switched back. We'll guess 1991.
400 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991
401 2:00 - EET
402
403# Madagascar
404# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
405Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
406 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
407 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
408 3:00 - EAT
409
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437# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
438
439# Mayotte
440# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
441Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
442 3:00 - EAT
443
444# Morocco
445# rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
446Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
447Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
448Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
449Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
450Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
451Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
452Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
453Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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469 0:00 - WET
470
471# Mozambique
472# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
473Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
474 2:00 - SAT
475
476# Namibia
477# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
478Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
479 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
480 2:00 - SAT 1942 Sep 20 2:00
481 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
482 2:00 - SAT
483
484# Niger
485# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
486Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
487 1:00 - CAT 1934 Feb 26
488 0:00 - WAT 1960
489 1:00 - CAT
490
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613Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
614Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
615Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
616Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
617Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
618Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
619Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
620Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
621Rule Tunisia 1988 max - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
622Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
623Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
624Rule Tunisia 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S
625# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
626# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
627# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
628Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
629 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
630 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
631
632# Uganda
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2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13#
14# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16# I found in the UCLA library.
17#
18# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20# Oxford University Press (1980).
21#
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250Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
251Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
252Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
253Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
254Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
255Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
256Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
257Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
258Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
259Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
260Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
261Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
262Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
263Rule Egypt 1990 max - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
265Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
266 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
267
268# Equatorial Guinea
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
271 0:00 - WAT 1963 Dec 15
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385Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
386Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
387Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
388Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
389Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
390Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
391Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
392Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S
393# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
394Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
395 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
396 2:00 - EET 1982
397# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
398# usno1995 (from OAG) says Libya uses 2:00 all year, as they did before 1982.
399# We don't know when they switched back. We'll guess 1991.
400 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991
401 2:00 - EET
402
403# Madagascar
404# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
405Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
406 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
407 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
408 3:00 - EAT
409
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437# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
438
439# Mayotte
440# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
441Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
442 3:00 - EAT
443
444# Morocco
445# rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
446Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
447Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
448Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
449Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
450Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
451Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
452Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
453Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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469 0:00 - WET
470
471# Mozambique
472# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
473Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
474 2:00 - SAT
475
476# Namibia
477# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
478Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
479 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
480 2:00 - SAT 1942 Sep 20 2:00
481 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
482 2:00 - SAT
483
484# Niger
485# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
486Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
487 1:00 - CAT 1934 Feb 26
488 0:00 - WAT 1960
489 1:00 - CAT
490
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613Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
614Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
615Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
616Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
617Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
618Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
619Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
620Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
621Rule Tunisia 1988 max - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
622Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
623Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
624Rule Tunisia 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 S
625# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
626# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
627# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
628Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
629 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
630 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
631
632# Uganda
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