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 <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
9#
10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
11# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
13#
14# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> 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 is the source for entries through 1990,
21# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
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,
| 5# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
6# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
7# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
8
9# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
10#
11# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
12# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
14#
15# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
16# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
17# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
18# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
19# of the IATA's data after 1990.
20#
21# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
22# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
23#
24# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
25# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
26# I found in the UCLA library.
27#
28# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
29# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
30#
31# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
32# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
|
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# 2:45 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<=7 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<=7 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 gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
90# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
91Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
92 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
93 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
94 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
95 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
96 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
97 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
98 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
99 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
100 1:00 - CET
101
102# Angola
103# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
104Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
105 0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
106 1:00 - WAT
107
108# Benin
109# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
110# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
111Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
112 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
113 1:00 - WAT
114
115# Botswana
116# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
117Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
118 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
119 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
120 2:00 - CAT
121
122# Burkina Faso
123# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
124Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
125 0:00 - GMT
126
127# Burundi
128# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
129Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
130 2:00 - CAT
131
132# Cameroon
133# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
135Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
136 1:00 - WAT
137
138# Cape Verde
139# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
140Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
141 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
142 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
143 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
144 -1:00 - CVT
145
146# Central African Republic
147# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
148Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
149 1:00 - WAT
150
151# Chad
152# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
153Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
154 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
155 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
156 1:00 - WAT
157
158# Comoros
159# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
160Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
161 3:00 - EAT
162
163# Democratic Republic of Congo
164# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
165Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
166 1:00 - WAT
167Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
168 2:00 - CAT
169
170# Republic of the Congo
171# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
172Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
173 1:00 - WAT
174
175# Cote D'Ivoire
176# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
177Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
178 0:00 - GMT
179
180# Djibouti
181# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
182Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
183 3:00 - EAT
184
185###############################################################################
186
187# Egypt
188
189# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
190Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
191Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
192Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
193Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
194Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
195Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
196Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
197Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
198Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
199Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
200Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
201Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
202Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
203Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
204Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
205Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
206Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
207Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
208Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
209# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
210# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
211Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
212Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
213
214# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
215Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
216 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
217
218# Equatorial Guinea
219# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
220Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
221 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
222 1:00 - WAT
223
224# Eritrea
225# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
226Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
227 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
228 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
229 3:00 - EAT
230
231# Ethiopia
232# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
233# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
234# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
235# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
236# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
237Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
238 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
239 3:00 - EAT
240
241# Gabon
242# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
243Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
244 1:00 - WAT
245
246# Gambia
247# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
248Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
249 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
250 -1:00 - WAT 1964
251 0:00 - GMT
252
253# Ghana
254# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
255# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
256Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
257Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
258# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
259Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
260 0:00 Ghana %s
261
262# Guinea
263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
264Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
265 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
266 -1:00 - WAT 1960
267 0:00 - GMT
268
269# Guinea-Bissau
270# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
271Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
272 -1:00 - WAT 1975
273 0:00 - GMT
274
275# Kenya
276# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
277Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
278 3:00 - EAT 1930
279 2:30 - BEAT 1940
280 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
281 3:00 - EAT
282
283# Lesotho
284# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
285Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
286 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
287 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
288 2:00 - SAST
289
290# Liberia
291# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
292# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
293# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
294# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
295# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
296# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
297# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
300 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
301 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
302 0:00 - GMT
303
304###############################################################################
305
306# Libya
307
308# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
309Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
310Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
311Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
312Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
313Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
314Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
315Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
316Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
317Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
318Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
319Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
320Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
321Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
322# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
323Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
324 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
325 2:00 - EET 1982
326 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
327# The following entries are all from Shanks;
328# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
329 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
330 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
331 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
332 2:00 - EET
333
334# Madagascar
335# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
336Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
337 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
338 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
339 3:00 - EAT
340
341# Malawi
342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
343Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
344 2:00 - CAT
345
346# Mali
347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
348Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
349 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
350 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
351 0:00 - GMT
352# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
353Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912
354 0:00 - GMT
355
356# Mauritania
357# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
358Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
359 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
360 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
361 0:00 - GMT
362
363# Mauritius
364# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
366 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
367# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
368# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
369
370# Mayotte
371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
373 3:00 - EAT
374
375# Morocco
376# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
377# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
378Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
379Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
380Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
381Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
382Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
383Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
384Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
385Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
386Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
387Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
388Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
389Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
390Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
391Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
392Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
393# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
394Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
395 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
396 1:00 - CET 1986
397 0:00 - WET
398# Western Sahara
399Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
400 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
401 0:00 - WET
402
403# Mozambique
404# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
405Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
406 2:00 - CAT
407
408# Namibia
409# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
410# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
411# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
412Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
413Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
414# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
415Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
416 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
417 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
418 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
419 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
420 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
421 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
422
423# Niger
424# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
425Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
426 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
427 0:00 - GMT 1960
428 1:00 - WAT
429
430# Nigeria
431# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
432Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
433 1:00 - WAT
434
435# Reunion
436# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
437Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
438 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
439#
440# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
441# The following information about them is taken from
442# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
443# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
444# We have no info about their time zone histories.
445#
446# Bassas da India - uninhabited
447# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
448# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
449# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
450# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
451
452# Rwanda
453# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
454Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
455 2:00 - CAT
456
457# St Helena
458# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
459Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
460 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
461 0:00 - GMT
462# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
463# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
464# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
465# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
466# on GMT, says the CIA
467# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
468
469# Sao Tome and Principe
470# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
471Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
472 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
473 0:00 - GMT
474
475# Senegal
476# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
477Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
478 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
479 0:00 - GMT
480
481# Seychelles
482# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
483Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
484 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
485
486# Sierra Leone
487# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
488# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
489Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
490Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
491Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
492Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
493# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
494Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
495 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
496 -1:00 SL %s 1957
497 0:00 SL %s
498
499# Somalia
500# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
501Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
502 3:00 - EAT 1931
503 2:30 - BEAT 1957
504 3:00 - EAT
505
506# South Africa
507# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
508Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
509Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
510# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
511Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
512 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
513 2:00 SA SAST
514# Marion and Prince Edward Is
515# scientific station since 1947
516# no information
517
518# Sudan
519#
520# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
521# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
522# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
523# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
524# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
525# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
526#
527# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
528Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
529Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
530Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
531Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
532# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
533Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
534 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
535 3:00 - EAT
536
537# Swaziland
538# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
539Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
540 2:00 - SAST
541
542# Tanzania
543# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
544Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
545 3:00 - EAT 1948
546 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
547 3:00 - EAT
548
549# Togo
550# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
551Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
552 0:00 - GMT
553
554# Tunisia
555# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
556Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
557Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
558Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
559Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
560Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
561Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
562Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
563Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
564Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
565Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
566Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
567Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
568Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
569Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
570Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
571Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
572Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
573Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
574Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
575Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
576Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
577# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
578# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
579# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
580Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
581 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
582 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
583
584# Uganda
585# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
586Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
587 3:00 - EAT 1930
588 2:30 - BEAT 1948
589 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
590 3:00 - EAT
591
592# Zambia
593# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
594Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
595 2:00 - CAT
596
597# Zimbabwe
598# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
599Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
600 2:00 - CAT
| 34# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
35# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
36# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
37# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
38# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
39#
40# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
41# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
42# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
43# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
44# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
45#
46# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
47# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used)
48# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time
49# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time
50# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time
51# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
52# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time
53# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
54# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
55# until we get more information.
56#
57# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
58# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
59# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
60# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
61# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
62# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
63# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
64# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
65
66# Algeria
67# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
68Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
69Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 -
70Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
71Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
72Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
74Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
76Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
78Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
79Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S
80Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
81Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
83Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
84Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
85Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
87Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
89Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
90# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 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 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
107 1:00 - WAT
108
109# Benin
110# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
111# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
112Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
113 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
114 1:00 - WAT
115
116# Botswana
117# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
118Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
119 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
120 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
121 2:00 - CAT
122
123# Burkina Faso
124# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
125Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
126 0:00 - GMT
127
128# Burundi
129# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
130Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
131 2:00 - CAT
132
133# Cameroon
134# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
135# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
136Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
137 1:00 - WAT
138
139# Cape Verde
140# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
141Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
142 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
143 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
144 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
145 -1:00 - CVT
146
147# Central African Republic
148# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
149Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
150 1:00 - WAT
151
152# Chad
153# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
154Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
155 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
156 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
157 1:00 - WAT
158
159# Comoros
160# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
161Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
162 3:00 - EAT
163
164# Democratic Republic of Congo
165# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
166Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
167 1:00 - WAT
168Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
169 2:00 - CAT
170
171# Republic of the Congo
172# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
173Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
174 1:00 - WAT
175
176# Cote D'Ivoire
177# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
178Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
179 0:00 - GMT
180
181# Djibouti
182# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
183Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
184 3:00 - EAT
185
186###############################################################################
187
188# Egypt
189
190# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
191Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
192Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
193Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
194Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
195Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
196Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
197Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
198Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
199Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
200Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
201Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
202Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
203Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
204Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
205Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
206Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
207Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
208Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
209Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
210# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
211# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
212Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
213Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
214
215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
216Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
217 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
218
219# Equatorial Guinea
220# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
221Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
222 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
223 1:00 - WAT
224
225# Eritrea
226# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
227Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
228 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
229 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
230 3:00 - EAT
231
232# Ethiopia
233# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
234# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
235# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
236# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
237# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
238Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
239 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
240 3:00 - EAT
241
242# Gabon
243# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
244Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
245 1:00 - WAT
246
247# Gambia
248# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
249Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
250 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
251 -1:00 - WAT 1964
252 0:00 - GMT
253
254# Ghana
255# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
256# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
257Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
258Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
259# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
260Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
261 0:00 Ghana %s
262
263# Guinea
264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
265Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
266 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
267 -1:00 - WAT 1960
268 0:00 - GMT
269
270# Guinea-Bissau
271# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
272Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
273 -1:00 - WAT 1975
274 0:00 - GMT
275
276# Kenya
277# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
278Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
279 3:00 - EAT 1930
280 2:30 - BEAT 1940
281 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
282 3:00 - EAT
283
284# Lesotho
285# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
286Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
287 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
288 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
289 2:00 - SAST
290
291# Liberia
292# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
293# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
294# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
295# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
296# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
297# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
298# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
299# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
300Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
301 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
302 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
303 0:00 - GMT
304
305###############################################################################
306
307# Libya
308
309# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
310Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
311Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
312Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
313Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
314Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
315Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
316Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
317Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
318Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
319Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
320Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
321Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
322Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
323# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
324Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
325 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
326 2:00 - EET 1982
327 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
328# The following entries are all from Shanks;
329# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
330 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
331 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
332 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
333 2:00 - EET
334
335# Madagascar
336# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
337Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
338 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
339 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
340 3:00 - EAT
341
342# Malawi
343# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
344Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
345 2:00 - CAT
346
347# Mali
348# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
349Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
350 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
351 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
352 0:00 - GMT
353# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
354Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912
355 0:00 - GMT
356
357# Mauritania
358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
359Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
360 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
361 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
362 0:00 - GMT
363
364# Mauritius
365# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
366Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
367 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
368# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
369# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
370
371# Mayotte
372# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
373Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
374 3:00 - EAT
375
376# Morocco
377# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
378# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
379Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
380Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
381Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
382Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
383Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
384Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
385Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
386Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
387Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
388Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
389Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
390Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
391Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
392Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
393Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
396 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
397 1:00 - CET 1986
398 0:00 - WET
399# Western Sahara
400Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
401 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
402 0:00 - WET
403
404# Mozambique
405# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
406Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
407 2:00 - CAT
408
409# Namibia
410# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
411# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
412# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
413Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
414Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
415# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
416Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
417 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
418 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
419 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
420 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
421 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
422 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
423
424# Niger
425# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
426Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
427 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
428 0:00 - GMT 1960
429 1:00 - WAT
430
431# Nigeria
432# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
433Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
434 1:00 - WAT
435
436# Reunion
437# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
438Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
439 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
440#
441# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
442# The following information about them is taken from
443# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
444# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
445# We have no info about their time zone histories.
446#
447# Bassas da India - uninhabited
448# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
449# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
450# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
451# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
452
453# Rwanda
454# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
455Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
456 2:00 - CAT
457
458# St Helena
459# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
460Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
461 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
462 0:00 - GMT
463# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
464# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
465# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
466# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
467# on GMT, says the CIA
468# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
469
470# Sao Tome and Principe
471# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
472Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
473 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
474 0:00 - GMT
475
476# Senegal
477# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
478Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
479 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
480 0:00 - GMT
481
482# Seychelles
483# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
484Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
485 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
486
487# Sierra Leone
488# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
489# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
490Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
491Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
492Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
493Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
494# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
495Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
496 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
497 -1:00 SL %s 1957
498 0:00 SL %s
499
500# Somalia
501# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
502Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
503 3:00 - EAT 1931
504 2:30 - BEAT 1957
505 3:00 - EAT
506
507# South Africa
508# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
509Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
510Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
511# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
512Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
513 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
514 2:00 SA SAST
515# Marion and Prince Edward Is
516# scientific station since 1947
517# no information
518
519# Sudan
520#
521# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
522# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
523# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
524# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
525# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
526# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
527#
528# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
529Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
530Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
531Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
532Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
533# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
534Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
535 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
536 3:00 - EAT
537
538# Swaziland
539# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
540Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
541 2:00 - SAST
542
543# Tanzania
544# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
545Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
546 3:00 - EAT 1948
547 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
548 3:00 - EAT
549
550# Togo
551# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
552Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
553 0:00 - GMT
554
555# Tunisia
556# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
557Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
558Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
559Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
560Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
561Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
562Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
563Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
564Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
565Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
566Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
567Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
568Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
569Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
570Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
571Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
572Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
573Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
574Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
575Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
576Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
577Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
578# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
579# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
580# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
581Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
582 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
583 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
584
585# Uganda
586# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
587Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
588 3:00 - EAT 1930
589 2:30 - BEAT 1948
590 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
591 3:00 - EAT
592
593# Zambia
594# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
595Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
596 2:00 - CAT
597
598# Zimbabwe
599# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
600Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
601 2:00 - CAT
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