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1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
3
4# This file 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@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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110# Burundi
111# See Africa/Maputo.
112
113# Cameroon
114# See Africa/Lagos.
115
116# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
117#
1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
7# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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110# Burundi
111# See Africa/Maputo.
112
113# Cameroon
114# See Africa/Lagos.
115
116# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
117#
118# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
118# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02.
119# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02.
119# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
120# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
121# merely made it official?
120# For now, ignore that and follow the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
121# (see Europe/Lisbon).
122#
123# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
122#
123# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
124Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
124Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1912 Jan 01 2:00u # Praia
125 -2:00 - -02 1942 Sep
126 -2:00 1:00 -01 1945 Oct 15
127 -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00
128 -1:00 - -01
129
130# Central African Republic
131# See Africa/Lagos.
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365
366# Gabon
367# See Africa/Lagos.
368
369# Gambia
370# See Africa/Abidjan.
371
372# Ghana
125 -2:00 - -02 1942 Sep
126 -2:00 1:00 -01 1945 Oct 15
127 -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00
128 -1:00 - -01
129
130# Central African Republic
131# See Africa/Lagos.
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365
366# Gabon
367# See Africa/Lagos.
368
369# Gambia
370# See Africa/Abidjan.
371
372# Ghana
373# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
373
374# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-30):
374# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present";
375# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present";
375# Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942;
376# and September 1 to January 1 is given by:
377# Scott Keltie J, Epstein M (eds), The Statesman's Year-Book,
378# 57th ed. Macmillan, London (1920), OCLC 609408015, pp xxviii.
379# For lack of better info, assume DST was observed from 1920 to 1942.
380Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
381Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
376# Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942 with 20 minutes of DST,
377# with transitions on 09-01 and 12-31 at 00:00.
378# Page 33 of Parish GCB, Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 1066. Gold
379# Coast. Report for 1919. (March 1921), OCLC 784024077
380# http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/africana/books2011-05/5530214/5530214_1919/5530214_1919_opt.pdf
381# lists the Determination of the Time Ordinance, 1919, No. 18,
382# "to advance the time observed locally by the space of twenty minutes
383# during the last four months of each year; the object in view being
384# to extend during those months the period of daylight-time available
385# for evening recreation after office hours."
386# Vanessa Ogle, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950 (2015), p 33,
387# writes "In 1919, the Gold Coast (Ghana as of 1957) made Greenwich
388# time its legal time and simultaneously legalized a summer time of
389# UTC - 00:20 minutes from March to October."; a footnote lists
390# the ordinance as being dated 1919-11-24.
391# The Crown Colonist, Volume 12 (1942), p 176, says "the Government
392# intend advancing Gold Coast time half an hour ahead of G.M.T.
393# The actual date of the alteration has not yet been announced."
394# These sources are incomplete and contradictory. Possibly what is
395# now Ghana observed different DST regimes in different years. For
396# lack of better info, use Shanks except treat the minus sign as a
397# typo, and assume DST started in 1920 not 1936.
398# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
399Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 -
400Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 -
382# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
383Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
384 0:00 Ghana GMT/+0020
385
386# Guinea
387# See Africa/Abidjan.
388
389# Guinea-Bissau
390#
401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
403 0:00 Ghana GMT/+0020
404
405# Guinea
406# See Africa/Abidjan.
407
408# Guinea-Bissau
409#
410# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
391# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
392# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
411# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
412# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
393# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
394# with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01.
413# (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect.
395#
396# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
414#
415# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
397Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
416Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u
398 -1:00 - -01 1975
399 0:00 - GMT
400
401# Kenya
402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
403Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
404 3:00 - EAT 1930
405 2:30 - +0230 1940

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585# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
586
587# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
588# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
589# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
590# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
591
592# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
417 -1:00 - -01 1975
418 0:00 - GMT
419
420# Kenya
421# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
422Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
423 3:00 - EAT 1930
424 2:30 - +0230 1940

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604# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
605
606# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
607# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
608# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
609# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
610
611# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
593Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S
612Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 -
594Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 -
613Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 -
595Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
614Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
596Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
597# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
598Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
599 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05
600# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
601# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
602
603# Mayotte

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1032# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
1033# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
1034# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
1035# on GMT, says the CIA
1036# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
1037
1038# S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe
1039
615Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
616# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
617Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
618 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05
619# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
620# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
621
622# Mayotte

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1051# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
1052# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
1053# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
1054# on GMT, says the CIA
1055# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
1056
1057# S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe
1058
1059# See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition.
1060
1040# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08):
1041# Multiple sources tell that S��o Tom�� changed from UTC to UTC+1 as
1042# they entered the year 2018.
1043# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08):
1044# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017]
1045# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017
1046
1047Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
1061# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08):
1062# Multiple sources tell that S��o Tom�� changed from UTC to UTC+1 as
1063# they entered the year 2018.
1064# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08):
1065# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017]
1066# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017
1067
1068Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
1048 -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
1069 -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 00:00u # Lisbon MT
1049 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00
1050 1:00 - WAT
1051
1052# Senegal
1053# See Africa/Abidjan.
1054
1055# Seychelles
1056# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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1070 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00
1071 1:00 - WAT
1072
1073# Senegal
1074# See Africa/Abidjan.
1075
1076# Seychelles
1077# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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