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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. 8 | 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. 8 |
| 9# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-20): | 9# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): |
| 10# 11# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 15# 16# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source 17# for time zone data was the International Air Transport --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47# +02 SAST South Africa Standard Time 48# and Murray suggested the following abbreviation: 49# +01 WAT West Africa Time 50# Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like. 51# I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but 52# cannot now come up with solid citations. 53# 54# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! | 10# 11# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 15# 16# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source 17# for time zone data was the International Air Transport --- 29 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47# +02 SAST South Africa Standard Time 48# and Murray suggested the following abbreviation: 49# +01 WAT West Africa Time 50# Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like. 51# I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but 52# cannot now come up with solid citations. 53# 54# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! |
| 55# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time | 55# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time (no longer used) |
| 56# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 57# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 58# +03 EAT East Africa Time 59# 'EAT' also seems to have caught on; the others are rare but are paired 60# with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. 61 62# Algeria 63# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S --- 898 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 962# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at 963# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf 964# and includes this nugget: 965# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the 966# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall 967# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on 968# Sunday 4 September 1994. 969 | 56# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 57# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 58# +03 EAT East Africa Time 59# 'EAT' also seems to have caught on; the others are rare but are paired 60# with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. 61 62# Algeria 63# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S --- 898 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 962# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at 963# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf 964# and includes this nugget: 965# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the 966# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall 967# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on 968# Sunday 4 September 1994. 969 |
| 970# From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06): 971# ... both summer and winter time are called "standard" 972# (which differs from the use in Ireland) ... 973 |
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| 970# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): 971# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html 972# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 973# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 974# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 975# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 976# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 977# of the country. --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 987# Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST: 988# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ 989# This video is from the government decision: 990# https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665 991# We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at 992# the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September: 993# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html 994 | 974# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): 975# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html 976# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 977# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 978# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 979# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 980# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 981# of the country. --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 991# Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST: 992# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ 993# This video is from the government decision: 994# https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665 995# We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at 996# the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September: 997# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html 998 |
| 999# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): 1000# Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally. 1001# However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST. See, e.g.: 1002# http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706 1003# https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia 1004# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ 1005# Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible 1006# with Namibia's neighbors. 1007 |
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| 995# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S | 1008# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 996Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 997Rule Namibia 1994 2016 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 998Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - | 1009# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. 1010Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 -1:00 WAT 1011Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 CAT 1012Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -1:00 WAT 1013# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. 1014#Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 WAT 1015#Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 CAT 1016#Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 WAT 1017# End of rearguard section. 1018 |
| 999# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1000Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1001 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar 1002 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 1003 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 1004 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence | 1019# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1020Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1021 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar 1022 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 1023 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 1024 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence |
| 1005 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 1006 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 2017 Sep 3 2:00 1007 2:00 - CAT | 1025# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. 1026 2:00 Namibia %s 1027# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. 1028# 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 1029# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07): 1030# The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24. See: 1031# http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf 1032# 1:00 Namibia %s 2017 Oct 24 1033# 2:00 - CAT 1034# End of rearguard section. |
| 1008 1009# Niger 1010# See Africa/Lagos. 1011 1012# Nigeria 1013# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1014Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1015 1:00 - WAT --- 243 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1035 1036# Niger 1037# See Africa/Lagos. 1038 1039# Nigeria 1040# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1041Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1042 1:00 - WAT --- 243 unchanged lines hidden --- |