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3# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/africa 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z wollman $ |
4 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 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# --- 28 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# 2:44:45 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 --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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; 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 --- 158 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 2:44:45 - 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> (2001-07-17): |
293# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch |
294# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 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 --- 175 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 487# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 488# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 489# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 490# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 491# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. |
492 493# Sierra Leone 494# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 495# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks. 496Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 497Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 498Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 499Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT --- 45 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 545# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 546Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 547 2:00 - SAST 548 549# Tanzania 550# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 551Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 552 3:00 - EAT 1948 |
553 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 |
554 3:00 - EAT 555 556# Togo 557# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 558Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 559 0:00 - GMT 560 561# Tunisia --- 26 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 588 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 589 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 590 591# Uganda 592# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 593Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 594 3:00 - EAT 1930 595 2:30 - BEAT 1948 |
596 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 |
597 3:00 - EAT 598 599# Zambia 600# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 601Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 602 2:00 - CAT 603 604# Zimbabwe 605# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 606Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 607 2:00 - CAT |