| africa (30711) | africa (43014) |
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| 1# @(#)africa 7.20 | 1# @(#)africa 7.25 |
| 2 3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6 7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1997-10-05): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 2 3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6 7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1997-10-05): 8# 9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# Bassas da India 109# uninhabited 110 | |
| 111# Benin 112# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. 113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 114Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 115 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 116 1:00 - WAT 117 118# Botswana --- 85 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 204Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 205Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 206Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 207Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 208Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 209Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 210Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 211Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S | 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 --- 85 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 |
| 212# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00; go with Shanks. 213Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 214Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastFri 3:00 0 - | 209# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 210# Go with IATA starting in 1995. 211Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr Fri>=22 0:00s 1:00 S 212Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastFri 23:00s 0 - |
| 215 216# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 217Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 218 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 219 220# Equatorial Guinea 221# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 222Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 235# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between 236# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 237# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 238# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 239Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 240 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 241 3:00 - EAT 242 | 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 --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 |
| 243# Europa Island 244# uninhabited 245 | |
| 246# Gabon 247# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 248Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 249 1:00 - WAT 250 251# Gambia 252# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 253Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 --- 5 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 260# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks. 261Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 262Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 264Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 265 0:00 Ghana %s 266 | 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 --- 5 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 |
| 267# Glorioso Is 268# uninhabited 269 | |
| 270# Guinea 271# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 272Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 273 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 274 -1:00 - WAT 1960 275 0:00 - GMT 276 277# Guinea-Bissau 278# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 279Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 280 -1:00 - WAT 1975 281 0:00 - GMT 282 | 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 |
| 283# Juan de Nova 284# uninhabited 285 | |
| 286# Kenya 287# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 288Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 289 3:00 - EAT 1930 290 2:30 - BEAT 1940 291 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 292 3:00 - EAT 293 294# Lesotho 295# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 296Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 297 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 298 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 299 2:00 - SAST 300 301# Liberia 302# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 303# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch | 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 |
| 304# from a GMT offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes. | 293# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes. |
| 305# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 306# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. 307# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman 308# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 309# 310# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman: 311# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 312Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 330Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 331Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 332Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 333Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 334Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 335Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S 336Rule Libya 1996 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 S 337Rule Libya 1996 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 - | 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# 299# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman: 300# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 301Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 --- 17 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 319Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 320Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 321Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 322Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 323Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 324Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S 325Rule Libya 1996 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 S 326Rule Libya 1996 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 - |
| 338Rule Libya 1997 max - Mar lastThu 2:00s 1:00 S 339Rule Libya 1997 max - Oct Thu>=1 2:00s 0 - | 327Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 328Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - |
| 340# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 341Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 342 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 343 2:00 - EET 1982 344 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991 345 2:00 - EET 1996 Mar 30 3:00 | 329# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 330Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 331 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 332 2:00 - EET 1982 333 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991 334 2:00 - EET 1996 Mar 30 3:00 |
| 346 1:00 Libya CE%sT | 335 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 0:00 336 2:00 - EET |
| 347 348# Madagascar 349# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 350Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 351 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 352 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 353 3:00 - EAT 354 --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 445# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 446Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 447 1:00 - WAT 448 449# Reunion 450# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 451Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 452 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time | 337 338# Madagascar 339# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 340Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 341 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 342 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 343 3:00 - EAT 344 --- 90 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 435# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 436Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 437 1:00 - WAT 438 439# Reunion 440# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 441Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 442 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time |
| 443# 444# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 445# The following information about them is taken from 446# <a href="http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm"> 447# Iles Eparses 448# </a> 449# (1997-07-22, in French). We have no info about their time zone histories. 450# 451# Bassas da India - uninhabited 452# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 453# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 454# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 455# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 |
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| 453 454# Rwanda 455# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 456Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 457 2:00 - CAT 458 459# St Helena 460# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): --- 87 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 548 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 549 3:00 - EAT 550 551# Togo 552# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 553Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 554 0:00 - GMT 555 | 456 457# Rwanda 458# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 459Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 460 2:00 - CAT 461 462# St Helena 463# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): --- 87 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 551 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 552 3:00 - EAT 553 554# Togo 555# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 556Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 557 0:00 - GMT 558 |
| 556# Tromelin 557# uninhabited 558 | |
| 559# Tunisia 560# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 561Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 562Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 563Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 564Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 565Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 566Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - --- 39 unchanged lines hidden --- | 559# Tunisia 560# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 561Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 562Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 563Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 564Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 565Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 566Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - --- 39 unchanged lines hidden --- |