2# <pre>
3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9#
10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
11# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
13#
14# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
18# of the IATA's data after 1990.
19#
20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
21# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
22#
23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
25# I found in the UCLA library.
26#
27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
29#
30# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
31# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
32# but Mark R V Murray reports that
33# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
34# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
35# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
36# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
37# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
38#
39# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
40# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
41# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
42# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
43# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
44#
45# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
46# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used)
47# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time
48# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time
49# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time
50# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
51# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time
52# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
53# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
54# until we get more information.
55#
56# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
57# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
58# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
59# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
60# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
62# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
63# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
64
65# Algeria
66# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
67Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
68Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
69Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
70Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
71Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
72Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
74Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
76Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
78Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
79Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
80Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
81Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
83Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
84Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
85Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
87Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
89# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
90# more precise 0:09:21.
91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
92Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
93 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
94 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
95 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
96 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
97 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
98 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
99 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
100 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
101 1:00 - CET
102
103# Angola
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
106 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
107 1:00 - WAT
108
109# Benin
110# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
111# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
114 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
115 1:00 - WAT
116
117# Botswana
118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
119Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
120 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
121 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
122 2:00 - CAT
123
124# Burkina Faso
125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
127 0:00 - GMT
128
129# Burundi
130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
132 2:00 - CAT
133
134# Cameroon
135# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
138 1:00 - WAT
139
140# Cape Verde
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
143 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
144 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
145 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
146 -1:00 - CVT
147
148# Central African Republic
149# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
150Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
151 1:00 - WAT
152
153# Chad
154# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
155Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
156 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
157 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
158 1:00 - WAT
159
160# Comoros
161# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
162Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
163 3:00 - EAT
164
165# Democratic Republic of Congo
166# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
167Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
168 1:00 - WAT
169Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
170 2:00 - CAT
171
172# Republic of the Congo
173# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
175 1:00 - WAT
176
177# Cote D'Ivoire
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
180 0:00 - GMT
181
182# Djibouti
183# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
184Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
185 3:00 - EAT
186
187###############################################################################
188
189# Egypt
190
191# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
192Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
193Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
194Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
195Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
196Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
197Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
198Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
199Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
200Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
201Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
202Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
203Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
204Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
205Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
206Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
207Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
208Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
209Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
210Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
211# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
212# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
213Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
214Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
215# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
216# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
217# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
218# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
219# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
220Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
221# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
222# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
223# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
224# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
225# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
226# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
227# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
228# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
229Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 -
230# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
231# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
232# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
233# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
234# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
235# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
236# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
237# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
238# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
239Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 -
240
241# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
242Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
243 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
244
245# Equatorial Guinea
246# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
248 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
249 1:00 - WAT
250
251# Eritrea
252# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
253Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
254 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time
255 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
256 3:00 - EAT
257
258# Ethiopia
259# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
260# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
261# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
262# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
264Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
265 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
266 3:00 - EAT
267
268# Gabon
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
271 1:00 - WAT
272
273# Gambia
274# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
275Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
276 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
277 -1:00 - WAT 1964
278 0:00 - GMT
279
280# Ghana
281# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
282# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
283# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
284Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
285Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
286# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
287Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
288 0:00 Ghana %s
289
290# Guinea
291# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
292Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
293 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
294 -1:00 - WAT 1960
295 0:00 - GMT
296
297# Guinea-Bissau
298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
300 -1:00 - WAT 1975
301 0:00 - GMT
302
303# Kenya
304# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
305Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
306 3:00 - EAT 1930
307 2:30 - BEAT 1940
308 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
309 3:00 - EAT
310
311# Lesotho
312# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
313Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
314 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
315 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
316 2:00 - SAST
317
318# Liberia
319# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
320# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
321# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
322# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
323# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
324# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
325# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
326# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
327# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
328Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
329 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
330 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
331 0:00 - GMT
332
333###############################################################################
334
335# Libya
336
337# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
338Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
339Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
340Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
341Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
342Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
343Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
344Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
345Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
346Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
347Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
348Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
349Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
350Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
353 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
354 2:00 - EET 1982
355 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
356# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
357# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
358 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
359 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
360 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
361 2:00 - EET
362
363# Madagascar
364# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
366 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
367 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
368 3:00 - EAT
369
370# Malawi
371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
373 2:00 - CAT
374
375# Mali
376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
378 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
379 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
380 0:00 - GMT
381
382# Mauritania
383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
385 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
386 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
387 0:00 - GMT
388
389# Mauritius
390
391# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
392# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
393# basis....
394# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
395# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
396# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
397
398# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
399# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
400
401# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
402# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
403# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
404# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
405
406# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
407# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
408
409# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
410# According to
411# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
412# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
413# </a>
414# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
415# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start
416# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
417# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
418#
419# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
420# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
421# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
422# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
423# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
424# changes two days later.
425
426# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
427# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
428# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
429# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
430#
431# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
432# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
433# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
434# ...
435# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
436# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
437# </a>
438
439# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
440# The Government of Mauritius weblink
441# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
442# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
443# </a>
444# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
445#
446# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
447# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
448# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
449# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
450# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
451# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
452# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
453# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
454# and end on 29 March 2009.
455
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3
4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7
8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9#
10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
11# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
13#
14# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
18# of the IATA's data after 1990.
19#
20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
21# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
22#
23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
25# I found in the UCLA library.
26#
27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
29#
30# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
31# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
32# but Mark R V Murray reports that
33# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
34# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
35# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
36# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
37# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
38#
39# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
40# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
41# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
42# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
43# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
44#
45# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
46# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used)
47# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time
48# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time
49# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time
50# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
51# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time
52# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
53# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
54# until we get more information.
55#
56# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
57# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
58# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
59# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
60# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
62# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
63# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
64
65# Algeria
66# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
67Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
68Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
69Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
70Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
71Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
72Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
74Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
76Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
78Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
79Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
80Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
81Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
83Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
84Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
85Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
87Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
89# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
90# more precise 0:09:21.
91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
92Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
93 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
94 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
95 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
96 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
97 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
98 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
99 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
100 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
101 1:00 - CET
102
103# Angola
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
106 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
107 1:00 - WAT
108
109# Benin
110# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
111# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
114 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
115 1:00 - WAT
116
117# Botswana
118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
119Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
120 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
121 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
122 2:00 - CAT
123
124# Burkina Faso
125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
127 0:00 - GMT
128
129# Burundi
130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
132 2:00 - CAT
133
134# Cameroon
135# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
138 1:00 - WAT
139
140# Cape Verde
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
143 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
144 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
145 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
146 -1:00 - CVT
147
148# Central African Republic
149# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
150Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
151 1:00 - WAT
152
153# Chad
154# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
155Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
156 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
157 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
158 1:00 - WAT
159
160# Comoros
161# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
162Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
163 3:00 - EAT
164
165# Democratic Republic of Congo
166# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
167Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
168 1:00 - WAT
169Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
170 2:00 - CAT
171
172# Republic of the Congo
173# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
175 1:00 - WAT
176
177# Cote D'Ivoire
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
180 0:00 - GMT
181
182# Djibouti
183# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
184Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
185 3:00 - EAT
186
187###############################################################################
188
189# Egypt
190
191# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
192Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
193Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
194Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
195Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
196Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
197Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
198Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
199Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
200Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
201Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
202Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
203Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
204Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
205Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
206Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
207Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
208Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
209Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
210Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
211# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
212# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
213Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
214Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
215# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
216# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
217# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
218# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
219# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
220Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
221# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
222# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
223# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
224# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
225# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
226# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
227# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
228# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
229Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 -
230# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
231# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
232# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
233# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
234# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
235# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
236# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
237# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
238# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
239Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 -
240
241# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
242Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
243 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
244
245# Equatorial Guinea
246# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
248 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
249 1:00 - WAT
250
251# Eritrea
252# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
253Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
254 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time
255 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
256 3:00 - EAT
257
258# Ethiopia
259# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
260# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
261# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
262# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
264Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
265 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
266 3:00 - EAT
267
268# Gabon
269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
271 1:00 - WAT
272
273# Gambia
274# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
275Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
276 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
277 -1:00 - WAT 1964
278 0:00 - GMT
279
280# Ghana
281# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
282# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
283# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
284Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
285Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
286# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
287Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
288 0:00 Ghana %s
289
290# Guinea
291# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
292Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
293 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
294 -1:00 - WAT 1960
295 0:00 - GMT
296
297# Guinea-Bissau
298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
300 -1:00 - WAT 1975
301 0:00 - GMT
302
303# Kenya
304# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
305Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
306 3:00 - EAT 1930
307 2:30 - BEAT 1940
308 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
309 3:00 - EAT
310
311# Lesotho
312# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
313Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
314 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
315 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
316 2:00 - SAST
317
318# Liberia
319# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
320# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
321# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
322# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
323# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
324# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
325# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
326# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
327# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
328Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
329 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
330 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
331 0:00 - GMT
332
333###############################################################################
334
335# Libya
336
337# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
338Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
339Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
340Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
341Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
342Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
343Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
344Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
345Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
346Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
347Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
348Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
349Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
350Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
353 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
354 2:00 - EET 1982
355 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
356# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
357# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
358 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
359 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
360 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
361 2:00 - EET
362
363# Madagascar
364# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
366 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
367 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
368 3:00 - EAT
369
370# Malawi
371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
373 2:00 - CAT
374
375# Mali
376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
378 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
379 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
380 0:00 - GMT
381
382# Mauritania
383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
385 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
386 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
387 0:00 - GMT
388
389# Mauritius
390
391# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
392# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
393# basis....
394# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
395# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
396# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
397
398# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
399# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
400
401# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
402# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
403# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
404# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
405
406# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
407# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
408
409# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
410# According to
411# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
412# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
413# </a>
414# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
415# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start
416# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
417# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
418#
419# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
420# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
421# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
422# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
423# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
424# changes two days later.
425
426# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
427# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
428# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
429# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
430#
431# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
432# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
433# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
434# ...
435# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
436# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
437# </a>
438
439# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
440# The Government of Mauritius weblink
441# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
442# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
443# </a>
444# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
445#
446# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
447# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
448# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
449# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
450# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
451# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
452# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
453# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
454# and end on 29 March 2009.
455
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461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
462Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
463 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time
464# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
465# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
466
467# Mayotte
468# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
469Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
470 3:00 - EAT
471
472# Morocco
473# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
474
475# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
476# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
477# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
478#
479# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
480# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
481# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
482#
483# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
484# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
485# </a>
486# OR
487# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
488# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
489# </a>
490
491# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
492# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
493# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
494# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
495# </a>
496#
497# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
498# spokesman.
499
500# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
501# According to this article:
502# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
503# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
504# </a>
505# (and republished here:
506# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
507# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
508# </a>
509# )
510# the changes occurs at midnight:
511#
512# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
513# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
514# sunday night the 28th at midnight
515#
516# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
517# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
518# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
519# june1st to sept 27th.
520#
521# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
522# published on the web.
523#
524# It's also confirmed here:
525# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
526# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
527# </a>
528# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
529# posted in english).
530#
531# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
532# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
533# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
534# </a>
535
536# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
537# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
538# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of
539# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
540# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
541
542# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
543# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
544
545# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
546# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
547# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
548# of September:
549#
550# One article about it (in French):
551# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default">
552# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
553# </a>
554#
555# We have some further details posted here:
556# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
557# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
558# </a>
559# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
560
561Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
562Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
563Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
564Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
565Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
566Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
567Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
568Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
569Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
570Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
571Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
572Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
573Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
574Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
575Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
576Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
577Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
578# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
579Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
580 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
581 1:00 - CET 1986
582 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
583# Western Sahara
584Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
585 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
586 0:00 - WET
587
588# Mozambique
589# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
590Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
591 2:00 - CAT
592
593# Namibia
594# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
595# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
596
597# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in
598# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>:
599# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
600# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
601# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of
602# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
603# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
604# of the country.
605#
606# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
607# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
608# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
609
610# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
611Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
612Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
613# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
614Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
615 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
616 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
617 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
618 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
619 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
620 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
621
622# Niger
623# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
624Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
625 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
626 0:00 - GMT 1960
627 1:00 - WAT
628
629# Nigeria
630# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
631Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
632 1:00 - WAT
633
634# Reunion
635# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
636Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
637 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
638#
639# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
640# The following information about them is taken from
641# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
642# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
643# We have no info about their time zone histories.
644#
645# Bassas da India - uninhabited
646# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
647# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
648# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
649# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
650
651# Rwanda
652# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
653Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
654 2:00 - CAT
655
656# St Helena
657# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
658Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
659 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
660 0:00 - GMT
661# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
662# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
663# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
664# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
665# on GMT, says the CIA
666# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
667
668# Sao Tome and Principe
669# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
670Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
671 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
672 0:00 - GMT
673
674# Senegal
675# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
676Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
677 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
678 0:00 - GMT
679
680# Seychelles
681# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
682Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
683 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
684# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
685# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
686# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
687# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know
688# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
689# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
690
691# Sierra Leone
692# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
693# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
694Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
695Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
696Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
697Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
698# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
699Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
700 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
701 -1:00 SL %s 1957
702 0:00 SL %s
703
704# Somalia
705# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
706Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
707 3:00 - EAT 1931
708 2:30 - BEAT 1957
709 3:00 - EAT
710
711# South Africa
712# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
713Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
714Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
715# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
716Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
717 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
718 2:00 SA SAST
719# Marion and Prince Edward Is
720# scientific station since 1947
721# no information
722
723# Sudan
724#
725# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
726# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
727# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
728# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
729# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
730# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
731#
732# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
733Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
734Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
735Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
736Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
737# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
738Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
739 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
740 3:00 - EAT
741
742# Swaziland
743# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
744Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
745 2:00 - SAST
746
747# Tanzania
748# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
749Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
750 3:00 - EAT 1948
751 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
752 3:00 - EAT
753
754# Togo
755# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
756Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
757 0:00 - GMT
758
759# Tunisia
760
761# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
762# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
763# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
764# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
765# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
766# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
767# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
768# Saturday." (My translation)
769#
770# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
771# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
772# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
773# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
774# 1h standard time.
775#
776# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
777# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
778# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
779# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
780# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
781
782# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
783Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
784Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
785Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
786Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
787Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
788Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
789Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
790Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
791Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
792Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
793Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
794Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
795Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
796Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
797Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
798Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
799Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
800Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
801Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
802Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
803Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
804Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
805Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 -
806Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
807Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
808# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
809# more precise 0:09:21.
810# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
811# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
812Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
813 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
814 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
815
816# Uganda
817# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
818Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
819 3:00 - EAT 1930
820 2:30 - BEAT 1948
821 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
822 3:00 - EAT
823
824# Zambia
825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
826Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
827 2:00 - CAT
828
829# Zimbabwe
830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
831Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
832 2:00 - CAT
| 469# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
470Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
471 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time
472# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
473# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
474
475# Mayotte
476# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
477Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
478 3:00 - EAT
479
480# Morocco
481# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
482
483# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
484# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
485# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
486#
487# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
488# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
489# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
490#
491# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
492# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
493# </a>
494# OR
495# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
496# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
497# </a>
498
499# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
500# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
501# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
502# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
503# </a>
504#
505# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
506# spokesman.
507
508# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
509# According to this article:
510# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
511# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
512# </a>
513# (and republished here:
514# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
515# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
516# </a>
517# )
518# the changes occurs at midnight:
519#
520# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
521# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
522# sunday night the 28th at midnight
523#
524# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
525# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
526# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
527# june1st to sept 27th.
528#
529# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
530# published on the web.
531#
532# It's also confirmed here:
533# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
534# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
535# </a>
536# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
537# posted in english).
538#
539# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
540# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
541# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
542# </a>
543
544# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
545# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
546# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of
547# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
548# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
549
550# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
551# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
552
553# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
554# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
555# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
556# of September:
557#
558# One article about it (in French):
559# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default">
560# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
561# </a>
562#
563# We have some further details posted here:
564# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
565# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
566# </a>
567# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
568
569Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
570Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
571Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
572Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
573Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
574Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
575Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
576Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
577Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
578Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
579Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
580Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
581Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
582Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
583Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
584Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
585Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
586# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
587Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
588 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
589 1:00 - CET 1986
590 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
591# Western Sahara
592Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
593 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
594 0:00 - WET
595
596# Mozambique
597# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
598Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
599 2:00 - CAT
600
601# Namibia
602# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
603# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
604
605# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in
606# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>:
607# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
608# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
609# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of
610# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
611# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
612# of the country.
613#
614# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
615# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
616# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
617
618# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
619Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
620Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
621# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
622Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
623 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
624 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
625 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
626 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
627 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
628 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
629
630# Niger
631# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
632Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
633 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
634 0:00 - GMT 1960
635 1:00 - WAT
636
637# Nigeria
638# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
639Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
640 1:00 - WAT
641
642# Reunion
643# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
644Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
645 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
646#
647# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
648# The following information about them is taken from
649# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
650# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
651# We have no info about their time zone histories.
652#
653# Bassas da India - uninhabited
654# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
655# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
656# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
657# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
658
659# Rwanda
660# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
661Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
662 2:00 - CAT
663
664# St Helena
665# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
666Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
667 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
668 0:00 - GMT
669# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
670# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
671# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
672# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
673# on GMT, says the CIA
674# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
675
676# Sao Tome and Principe
677# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
678Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
679 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
680 0:00 - GMT
681
682# Senegal
683# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
684Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
685 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
686 0:00 - GMT
687
688# Seychelles
689# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
690Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
691 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
692# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
693# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
694# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
695# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know
696# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
697# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
698
699# Sierra Leone
700# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
701# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
702Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
703Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
704Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
705Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
706# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
707Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
708 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
709 -1:00 SL %s 1957
710 0:00 SL %s
711
712# Somalia
713# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
714Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
715 3:00 - EAT 1931
716 2:30 - BEAT 1957
717 3:00 - EAT
718
719# South Africa
720# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
721Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
722Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
723# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
724Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
725 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
726 2:00 SA SAST
727# Marion and Prince Edward Is
728# scientific station since 1947
729# no information
730
731# Sudan
732#
733# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
734# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
735# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
736# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
737# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
738# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
739#
740# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
741Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
742Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
743Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
744Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
745# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
747 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
748 3:00 - EAT
749
750# Swaziland
751# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
752Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
753 2:00 - SAST
754
755# Tanzania
756# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
757Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
758 3:00 - EAT 1948
759 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
760 3:00 - EAT
761
762# Togo
763# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
764Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
765 0:00 - GMT
766
767# Tunisia
768
769# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
770# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
771# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
772# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
773# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
774# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
775# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
776# Saturday." (My translation)
777#
778# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
779# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
780# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
781# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
782# 1h standard time.
783#
784# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
785# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
786# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
787# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
788# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
789
790# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
791Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
792Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
793Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
794Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
795Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
796Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
797Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
798Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
799Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
800Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
801Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
802Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
803Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
804Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
805Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
806Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
807Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
808Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
809Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
810Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
811Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
812Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
813Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 -
814Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
815Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
816# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
817# more precise 0:09:21.
818# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
819# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
820Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
821 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
822 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
823
824# Uganda
825# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
826Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
827 3:00 - EAT 1930
828 2:30 - BEAT 1948
829 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
830 3:00 - EAT
831
832# Zambia
833# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
834Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
835 2:00 - CAT
836
837# Zimbabwe
838# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
839Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
840 2:00 - CAT
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