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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 (2014-10-31): | 9# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-20): |
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# | 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# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 17# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport | 16# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source 17# for time zone data was the International Air Transport |
18# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 19# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 20# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, 21# 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# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 28# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. 29# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 30# 31# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 32# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 33# | 18# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 19# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 20# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, 21# 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# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 28# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. 29# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 30# 31# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 32# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 33# |
34# European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean. 35# For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized. |
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34# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT | 36# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT |
35# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 36# but Mark R V Murray reports that 37# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 38# 'CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 39# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for | 37# for UT +00 through +03, respectively, 38# but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that 39# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa, 40# 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and 41# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for |
40# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". | 42# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". |
41# He has heard of "Western Sahara Time" for +0:00 but can find no reference. | |
42# | 43# |
43# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 44# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 45# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 46# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 47# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. | 44# To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency: 45# +00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 46# +02 CAT Central Africa Time 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. |
48# | 53# |
49# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 50# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 51# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 52# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 53# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 54# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 55# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 56# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 57# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 58# until we get more information. 59# | |
60# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! | 54# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! |
61# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 62# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 63# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 64# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 65# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 66# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time | 55# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time 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. |
67 68# Algeria 69# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 70Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 71Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 72Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 74Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S --- 41 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 116# Burundi 117# See Africa/Maputo. 118 119# Cameroon 120# See Africa/Lagos. 121 122# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde 123# | 61 62# Algeria 63# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 64Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 65Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 66Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 67Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 68Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S --- 41 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 110# Burundi 111# See Africa/Maputo. 112 113# Cameroon 114# See Africa/Lagos. 115 116# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde 117# |
124# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT. | 118# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02. |
125# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree | 119# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree |
126# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf | 120# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf |
127# merely made it official? 128# 129# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 130Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia | 121# merely made it official? 122# 123# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 124Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia |
131 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 132 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 133 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 134 -1:00 - CVT | 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 |
135 136# Central African Republic 137# See Africa/Lagos. 138 139# Chad 140# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 141Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 142 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 --- 240 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 383# and September 1 to January 1 is given by: 384# Scott Keltie J, Epstein M (eds), The Statesman's Year-Book, 385# 57th ed. Macmillan, London (1920), OCLC 609408015, pp xxviii. 386# For lack of better info, assume DST was observed from 1920 to 1942. 387Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 388Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 389# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 390Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 | 129 130# Central African Republic 131# See Africa/Lagos. 132 133# Chad 134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 135Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 136 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 --- 240 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 377# and September 1 to January 1 is given by: 378# Scott Keltie J, Epstein M (eds), The Statesman's Year-Book, 379# 57th ed. Macmillan, London (1920), OCLC 609408015, pp xxviii. 380# For lack of better info, assume DST was observed from 1920 to 1942. 381Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 382Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 384Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 |
391 0:00 Ghana %s | 385 0:00 Ghana GMT/+0020 |
392 393# Guinea 394# See Africa/Abidjan. 395 396# Guinea-Bissau 397# 398# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, 399# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree | 386 387# Guinea 388# See Africa/Abidjan. 389 390# Guinea-Bissau 391# 392# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, 393# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree |
400# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf | 394# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf |
401# with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01. 402# 403# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 404Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 | 395# with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01. 396# 397# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 398Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 |
405 -1:00 - WAT 1975 | 399 -1:00 - -01 1975 |
406 0:00 - GMT 407 408# Kenya 409# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 410Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 411 3:00 - EAT 1930 | 400 0:00 - GMT 401 402# Kenya 403# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 404Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 405 3:00 - EAT 1930 |
412 2:30 - BEAT 1940 413 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 | 406 2:30 - +0230 1940 407 2:45 - +0245 1960 |
414 3:00 - EAT 415Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia 416Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea 417Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania 418Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti 419Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda 420Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia 421Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 432# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 433# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 434# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 435# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 436# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 437# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 438Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 439 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time | 408 3:00 - EAT 409Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia 410Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea 411Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania 412Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti 413Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda 414Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia 415Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 426# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 427# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 428# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 429# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 430# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 431# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 432Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 433 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time |
440 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time | 434 -0:44:30 - -004430 1972 May |
441 0:00 - GMT 442 443############################################################################### 444 445# Libya 446 447# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 448# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. --- 142 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 591 592# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 593Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 594Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 595Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 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 | 435 0:00 - GMT 436 437############################################################################### 438 439# Libya 440 441# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 442# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. --- 142 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 585 586# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 587Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 588Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 589Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 590Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 591# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 592Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis |
599 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time | 593 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05 |
600# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 601# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 602 603# Mayotte 604# See Africa/Nairobi. 605 606# Morocco 607# See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). --- 302 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 910# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as 911# Morocco does. 912# 913# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): 914# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, 915# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. 916 917Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aai��n | 594# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 595# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 596 597# Mayotte 598# See Africa/Nairobi. 599 600# Morocco 601# See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). --- 302 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 904# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as 905# Morocco does. 906# 907# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): 908# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, 909# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. 910 911Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aai��n |
918 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 | 912 -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14 |
919 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 920 921# Mozambique 922# 923# Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. 924# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree | 913 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 914 915# Mozambique 916# 917# Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. 918# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree |
925# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf | 919# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf |
926# merely made it official? 927# 928# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 929Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 930 2:00 - CAT 931Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi 932Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi 933Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 944# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html 945# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 946# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 947# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 948# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 949# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 950# of the country. 951# | 920# merely made it official? 921# 922# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 923Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 924 2:00 - CAT 925Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi 926Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi 927Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 938# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html 939# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 940# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 941# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 942# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 943# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 944# of the country. 945# |
952# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 953# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 954# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. | 946# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22): 947# Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally 948# observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice. 949# In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 950# See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23. 951# http://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers |
955 956# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 957Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 958Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 959# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 960Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 | 952 953# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 954Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 955Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 956# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 957Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 |
961 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time | 958 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar |
962 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 963 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 964 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 965 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 966 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 967 968# Niger 969# See Africa/Lagos. --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 980Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola 981Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea 982Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger 983Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin 984 985# R��union 986# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 987Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis | 959 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 960 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 961 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 962 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 963 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 964 965# Niger 966# See Africa/Lagos. --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 977Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola 978Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea 979Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger 980Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin 981 982# R��union 983# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 984Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis |
988 4:00 - RET # R��union Time | 985 4:00 - +04 |
989# 990# Crozet Islands also observes R��union time; see the 'antarctica' file. 991# 992# Scattered Islands (��les ��parses) administered from R��union are as follows. 993# The following information about them is taken from 994# ��les ��parses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, 995# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 996# We have no info about their time zone histories. --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1015 1016# S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe 1017# Senegal 1018# See Africa/Abidjan. 1019 1020# Seychelles 1021# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1022Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria | 986# 987# Crozet Islands also observes R��union time; see the 'antarctica' file. 988# 989# Scattered Islands (��les ��parses) administered from R��union are as follows. 990# The following information about them is taken from 991# ��les ��parses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, 992# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 993# We have no info about their time zone histories. --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1012 1013# S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe 1014# Senegal 1015# See Africa/Abidjan. 1016 1017# Seychelles 1018# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1019Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria |
1023 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time | 1020 4:00 - +04 |
1024# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 1025# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 1026# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 1027# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 1028# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 1029# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 1030 1031# Sierra Leone --- 157 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1021# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 1022# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 1023# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 1024# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 1025# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 1026# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 1027 1028# Sierra Leone --- 157 unchanged lines hidden --- |