africa revision 267473
1153761Swollman# <pre>
2192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
467578Swollman
52742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
62742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
7243003Sedwin# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
82742Swollman
9248307Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
102742Swollman#
112742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
12158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
13158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
142742Swollman#
1586222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
1620094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
1720094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1820094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
1920094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
2020094Swollman#
21158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
22158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
2320094Swollman#
242742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
252742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
262742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
272742Swollman#
28248307Sedwin# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
29248307Sedwin# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
30248307Sedwin# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
31248307Sedwin#
3214343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
3358787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
3414343Swollman#
3530711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
3630711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
37149514Swollman# but Mark R V Murray reports that
3830711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
3930711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
4030711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
4130711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
4230711Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
432742Swollman#
4430711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
4530711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
4630711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
4730711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
4830711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
492742Swollman#
5030711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
5130711Swollman#	-1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
5230711Swollman#	 0:00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
5330711Swollman#	 2:00	CAT	Central Africa Time
5430711Swollman#	 2:00	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
5530711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
5630711Swollman#	 1:00	WAT	West Africa Time
5730711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
5830711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
5930711Swollman# until we get more information.
602742Swollman#
6130711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
6230711Swollman#	 2:00	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
6330711Swollman#	 2:30	BEAT	British East Africa Time (no longer used)
64226289Sedwin#	 2:45	BEAUT	British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
6530711Swollman#	 3:00	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
6630711Swollman#	 3:00	SAST	South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
672742Swollman#	 3:00	EAT	East Africa Time
6830711Swollman#	 4:00	EAST	East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
692742Swollman
702742Swollman# Algeria
712742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
7219878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
73158421SwollmanRule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
7419878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
7519878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
7619878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
7719878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
782742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
7919878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
802742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
8119878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
822742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
83158421SwollmanRule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
842742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
852742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
8619878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
872742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
8819878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
892742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
9019878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
912742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
9219878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
932742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
94158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
95158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21.
962742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
972742SwollmanZone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
9814343Swollman			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
9919878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25 2:00
10019878Swollman			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
1012742Swollman			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
10219878Swollman			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
10319878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
10419878Swollman			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
10519878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
10619878Swollman			1:00	-	CET
1072742Swollman
1082742Swollman# Angola
1092742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1102742SwollmanZone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
11186222Swollman			0:52:04	-	AOT	1911 May 26 # Angola Time
11230711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1132742Swollman
1142742Swollman# Benin
115158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
116158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1172742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1182742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
11930711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
12030711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1212742Swollman
1222742Swollman# Botswana
123248307Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
124248307Sedwin# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
125248307Sedwin# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
1262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1272742SwollmanZone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
128248307Sedwin			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
12930711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19 2:00
13030711Swollman			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
13130711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
1322742Swollman
1332742Swollman# Burkina Faso
1342742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1352742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou	-0:06:04 -	LMT	1912
13630711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
1372742Swollman
1382742Swollman# Burundi
1392742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1402742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
14130711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
1422742Swollman
1432742Swollman# Cameroon
144158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1452742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1462742SwollmanZone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
14730711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1482742Swollman
1492742Swollman# Cape Verde
1502742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1512742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1907			# Praia
1522742Swollman			-2:00	-	CVT	1942 Sep
1532742Swollman			-2:00	1:00	CVST	1945 Oct 15
1542742Swollman			-2:00	-	CVT	1975 Nov 25 2:00
15519878Swollman			-1:00	-	CVT
1562742Swollman
1572742Swollman# Central African Republic
1582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1592742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bangui	1:14:20	-	LMT	1912
16030711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1612742Swollman
1622742Swollman# Chad
1632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1642742SwollmanZone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912
16530711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
16630711Swollman			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
16730711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1682742Swollman
1692742Swollman# Comoros
1702742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1712742SwollmanZone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul   # Moroni, Gran Comoro
1722742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
1732742Swollman
17430711Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo
1752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
17630711SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
17730711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
17830711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
17930711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
18030711Swollman
18130711Swollman# Republic of the Congo
18230711Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1832742SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
18430711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1852742Swollman
1862742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire
1872742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1882742SwollmanZone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912
18930711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
1902742Swollman
1912742Swollman# Djibouti
1922742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1932742SwollmanZone	Africa/Djibouti	2:52:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul
1942742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
1952742Swollman
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1972742Swollman
1982742Swollman# Egypt
1992742Swollman
200248307Sedwin# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh
201248307Sedwin# observatory; round to nearest.  Milne also says that the official time for
202248307Sedwin# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this
203248307Sedwin# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said.
204248307Sedwin
2052742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
20619878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
2072742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
20819878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
2092742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
21019878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
2112742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
2122742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
21319878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
21419878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
2152742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
21619878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
21719878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
2182742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
21930711SwollmanRule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
22019878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
22119878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
22219878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
22319878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
22430711SwollmanRule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
22543014Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
22643543Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
227221092Sedwin
228221092Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20):
229221092Sedwin# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight
230221092Sedwin# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of
231221092Sedwin# Egyptians would approve the cancellation."
232221092Sedwin#
233221092Sedwin# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time
234221092Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168">
235221092Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168
236221092Sedwin# </a>
237221092Sedwin# or
238221092Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html">
239221092Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html
240221092Sedwin# </a>
241221092SedwinRule	Egypt	1995	2010	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
242267473SedwinRule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
243163302Sru# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
244163302Sru# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
245163302Sru# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
246163302Sru# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
247163302Sru# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
248267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	-
249171948Sedwin# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
250171948Sedwin# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
251171948Sedwin# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
252171948Sedwin# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
253240457Sedwin# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
254171948Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
255172479Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
256172479Sedwin# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
257267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	24:00	0	-
258172479Sedwin# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
259172479Sedwin# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
260172479Sedwin# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
261172479Sedwin# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
262172479Sedwin# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
263172479Sedwin# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
264172479Sedwin# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
265171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
266172479Sedwin# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
26720094Swollman
268191618Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
269191618Sedwin# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
270191618Sedwin#
271191618Sedwin# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
272192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
273191618Sedwin# Apr 23
274192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
275192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri =
276191618Sedwin# Apr 24
277192886Sedwin# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
278192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
279191618Sedwin# Aug 27
280192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
281192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu =
282191618Sedwin# Aug 27
283192886Sedwin# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
284191618Sedwin#
285191618Sedwin# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
286191618Sedwin# :59)
287191618Sedwin# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
288191618Sedwin#
289191618Sedwin# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
290191618Sedwin#
291192886Sedwin# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263">
292192886Sedwin# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263
293191618Sedwin# </a>
294192886Sedwin# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53">
295192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
296191618Sedwin# </a>
297191618Sedwin# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/">
298191618Sedwin# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
299191618Sedwin# </a>
300191618Sedwin
301191618Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
302191618Sedwin# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
303191618Sedwin# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
304191618Sedwin# in September.
305196582Sedwin
306196582Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
307240457Sedwin# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet
308196582Sedwin# Information and Decision Support Center:
309196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html">
310196582Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
311196582Sedwin# </a>
312240457Sedwin#
313196582Sedwin# The Middle East News Agency
314196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx">
315196582Sedwin# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
316196582Sedwin# </a>
317196582Sedwin# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
318240457Sedwin# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
319196582Sedwin# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
320196582Sedwin# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
321196582Sedwin# (at least today).
322196582Sedwin
323210718Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
324210718Sedwin# According to News from Egypt -  Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
325210718Sedwin# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
326210718Sedwin# Ramadan.
327210718Sedwin#
328210718Sedwin# Arabic translation:
329210718Sedwin# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again"
330210718Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again">
331210718Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
332210718Sedwin# </a>
333210718Sedwin# or
334210718Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html">
335210718Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
336210718Sedwin# </a>
337210718Sedwin
338265978Sedwin# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
339265978Sedwin# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
340265978Sedwin# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
341265978Sedwin
342265978Sedwin# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13):
343265978Sedwin# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
344265978Sedwin
345267473Sedwin# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
346267473Sedwin# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
347267473Sedwin# in Egypt.  The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
348267473Sedwin# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
349267473Sedwin# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
350267473Sedwin# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
351267473Sedwin# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
352267473Sedwin# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
353267473Sedwin# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
354267473Sedwin# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014."  This statement has been
355267473Sedwin# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
356267473Sedwin# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
357267473Sedwin
358267473Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04):
359265978Sedwin# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says
360265978Sedwin# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited
361267473Sedwin# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption.  There is
362267473Sedwin# no information about when DST will end this fall.  See:
363265978Sedwin# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833
364265978Sedwin#
365267473Sedwin# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use
366267473Sedwin# 2010's rules, and guess that Egypt will switch to standard time at
367267473Sedwin# 24:00 the last Thursday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 00:00 the
368267473Sedwin# first Friday after Ramadan.  To implement this,
369267473Sedwin# transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were determined by running
370267473Sedwin# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the results integrated
371267473Sedwin# by hand into the table below.  Ramadan again intrudes on the guessed
372267473Sedwin# DST starting in 2038, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff.
373267473Sedwin# (let ((islamic-year 1436))
374267473Sedwin#   (while (< islamic-year 1460)
375267473Sedwin#     (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
376267473Sedwin#           (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))
377267473Sedwin#           (friday 5))
378267473Sedwin#       (while (/= friday (mod a 7))
379267473Sedwin#         (setq a (1- a)))
380267473Sedwin#       (while (/= friday (mod b 7))
381267473Sedwin#         (setq b (1+ b)))
382267473Sedwin#       (setq a (1- a))
383267473Sedwin#       (setq b (1- b))
384267473Sedwin#       (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
385267473Sedwin#       (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
386267473Sedwin#       (insert
387267473Sedwin#        (format
388267473Sedwin#         (concat "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t0\t-\n"
389267473Sedwin#                 "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t1:00\tS\n")
390267473Sedwin#         (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a))
391267473Sedwin#         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
392267473Sedwin#     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
393267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	24:00	0	-
394267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	24:00	0	-
395267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Aug	10	24:00	0	-
396267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	 9	24:00	1:00	S
397267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
398265978SedwinRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	May	15	24:00	1:00	S
399267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jun	26	24:00	0	-
400267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jul	31	24:00	1:00	S
401267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2014	max	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
402265978SedwinRule	Egypt	2015	2019	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
403267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2015	only	-	Jun	11	24:00	0	-
404267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2015	only	-	Jul	23	24:00	1:00	S
405267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2016	only	-	Jun	 2	24:00	0	-
406267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2016	only	-	Jul	 7	24:00	1:00	S
407267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2017	only	-	May	25	24:00	0	-
408267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2017	only	-	Jun	29	24:00	1:00	S
409267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2018	only	-	May	10	24:00	0	-
410267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2018	only	-	Jun	14	24:00	1:00	S
411267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2019	only	-	May	 2	24:00	0	-
412267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2019	only	-	Jun	 6	24:00	1:00	S
413267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2020	only	-	May	28	24:00	1:00	S
414267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2021	only	-	May	13	24:00	1:00	S
415267473SedwinRule	Egypt	2022	only	-	May	 5	24:00	1:00	S
416265978SedwinRule	Egypt	2023	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
417191618Sedwin
4182742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
419248307SedwinZone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:09 -	LMT	1900 Oct
42019878Swollman			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
4212742Swollman
4222742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea
4232742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4242742SwollmanZone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
42530711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
42630711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
4272742Swollman
4282742Swollman# Eritrea
4292742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
430169811SwollmanZone	Africa/Asmara	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
431169811Swollman			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmara Mean Time
43230711Swollman			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
4332742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
4342742Swollman
4352742Swollman# Ethiopia
436158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
437158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
438158421Swollman# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
43930711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
4402742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4412742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
44230711Swollman			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
4432742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
4442742Swollman
4452742Swollman# Gabon
4462742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4472742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
44830711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
4492742Swollman
4502742Swollman# Gambia
4512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4522742SwollmanZone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
45319878Swollman			-1:06:36 -	BMT	1935	# Banjul Mean Time
45430711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1964
45530711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
4562742Swollman
4572742Swollman# Ghana
4582742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
459158421Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
460158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
46130711SwollmanRule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	GHST
46230711SwollmanRule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	GMT
4632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4642742SwollmanZone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
4652742Swollman			 0:00	Ghana	%s
4662742Swollman
4672742Swollman# Guinea
4682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4692742SwollmanZone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
47030711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
47130711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960
47230711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
4732742Swollman
4742742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau
4752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4762742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1911 May 26
47730711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1975
47830711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
4792742Swollman
4802742Swollman# Kenya
4812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4822742SwollmanZone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
4832742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1930
48430711Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1940
485226289Sedwin			2:45	-	BEAUT	1960
4862742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
4872742Swollman
4882742Swollman# Lesotho
4892742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4902742SwollmanZone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
49130711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19 2:00
4922742Swollman			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
49330711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST
4942742Swollman
4952742Swollman# Liberia
496158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
4972742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
49886222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
49914343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
500158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
501158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
502158421Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
503158421Swollman# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
5042742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5052742SwollmanZone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
5062742Swollman			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
50719878Swollman			-0:44:30 -	LRT	1972 May # Liberia Time
50830711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
5092742Swollman
5102742Swollman###############################################################################
5112742Swollman
5122742Swollman# Libya
5132742Swollman
514243003Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10):
515243003Sedwin# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10.
516243003Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/
517243003Sedwin# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc
518243003Sedwin#
519243003Sedwin# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in
520243003Sedwin# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html
521243003Sedwin#
522243003Sedwin# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11):
523243003Sedwin# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
524243003Sedwin# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe
525243003Sedwin# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
526243003Sedwin# lastFri instead of lastSun).
527243003Sedwin
528257681Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25):
529257681Sedwin# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was
530257681Sedwin# cancelled yesterday....
531257681Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/
532257681Sedwin#
533257681Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
534257681Sedwin# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UTC+2.
535257681Sedwin
5362742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
53719878SwollmanRule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
5382742SwollmanRule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
53919878SwollmanRule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
5402742SwollmanRule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
54119878SwollmanRule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
5422742SwollmanRule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
54319878SwollmanRule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
5442742SwollmanRule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
54519878SwollmanRule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
54619878SwollmanRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
5472742SwollmanRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
54819878SwollmanRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
549149514SwollmanRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
550243003SedwinRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
551243003SedwinRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
552257681SedwinRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Mar	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
553257681SedwinRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Oct	lastFri	2:00	0	-
5542742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5552742SwollmanZone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
55619878Swollman			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
5572742Swollman			2:00	-	EET	1982
55858787Sru			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
559243003Sedwin# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
56058787Sru# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
56158787Sru			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
562243003Sedwin			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4
563243003Sedwin			2:00	-	EET	2012 Nov 10 2:00
564257681Sedwin			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	2013 Oct 25 2:00
565257681Sedwin			2:00	-	EET
5662742Swollman
5672742Swollman# Madagascar
5682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5692742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
5702742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1954 Feb 27 23:00s
5712742Swollman			3:00	1:00	EAST	1954 May 29 23:00s
5722742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
5732742Swollman
5742742Swollman# Malawi
5752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5762742SwollmanZone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
57730711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
5782742Swollman
5792742Swollman# Mali
5802742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5812742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
58230711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
58330711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Jun 20
58430711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
5852742Swollman
5862742Swollman# Mauritania
5872742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5882742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
58930711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
59030711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Nov 28
59130711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
5922742Swollman
5932742Swollman# Mauritius
594181421Sedwin
595181421Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
596181421Sedwin# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
597181421Sedwin# basis....
598240457Sedwin# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
599181421Sedwin# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
600181421Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
601181424Sedwin
602181421Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
603181421Sedwin# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
604181424Sedwin
605181421Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
606181421Sedwin# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
607181421Sedwin# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
608181421Sedwin# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
609181424Sedwin
610181421Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
611181421Sedwin# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
612181421Sedwin
613181424Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
614181424Sedwin# According to
615181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
616181424Sedwin# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
617181424Sedwin# </a>
618181424Sedwin# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
619181424Sedwin# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
620181424Sedwin# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
621181424Sedwin# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
622240457Sedwin#
623240457Sedwin# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
624240457Sedwin# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
625240457Sedwin# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
626240457Sedwin# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
627240457Sedwin# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
628181424Sedwin# changes two days later.
629181424Sedwin
630181424Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
631181424Sedwin# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
632181424Sedwin# time:  Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
633181424Sedwin# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
634181424Sedwin#
635181424Sedwin# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
636181424Sedwin# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
637181424Sedwin# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
638181424Sedwin# ...
639181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
640181424Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
641181424Sedwin# </a>
642181424Sedwin
643183066Sedwin# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
644183066Sedwin# The Government of Mauritius weblink
645192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
646192886Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
647183066Sedwin# </a>
648183066Sedwin# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
649183066Sedwin#
650183066Sedwin# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
651183066Sedwin# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
652183066Sedwin# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
653183066Sedwin# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
654183066Sedwin# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
655183066Sedwin# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
656183066Sedwin# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
657183066Sedwin# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
658183066Sedwin# and end on 29 March 2009.
659183066Sedwin
660183864Sedwin# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
661183864Sedwin# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
662183864Sedwin# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
663183864Sedwin# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
664183864Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf">
665183864Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
666183864Sedwin# </a>
667183864Sedwin
668196581Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05):
669196581Sedwin# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe
670196581Sedwin# DST the coming summer...
671196581Sedwin#
672196581Sedwin# Some sources, in French:
673196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB">
674196581Sedwin# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB
675196581Sedwin# </a>
676196581Sedwin# <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-">
677196581Sedwin# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-
678196581Sedwin# </a>
679196581Sedwin#
680196581Sedwin# Our wrap-up:
681196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html">
682196581Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
683196581Sedwin# </a>
684196581Sedwin
685196581Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
686240457Sedwin# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
687196581Sedwin# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
688196581Sedwin# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
689196581Sedwin
690181421Sedwin# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
691181421SedwinRule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	S
692181421SedwinRule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
693196581SedwinRule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
694196581SedwinRule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
6952742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
6962742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
697181421Sedwin			4:00 Mauritius	MU%sT	# Mauritius Time
6982742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
6992742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
7002742Swollman
7012742Swollman# Mayotte
7022742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
70314343SwollmanZone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
7042742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
7052742Swollman
7062742Swollman# Morocco
70730711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
708181418Sedwin
709181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
710181418Sedwin# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
711181418Sedwin# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
712181418Sedwin#
713181418Sedwin# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
714181418Sedwin# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
715181418Sedwin# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
716181418Sedwin#
717181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
718181418Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
719181418Sedwin# </a>
720181418Sedwin# OR
721181418Sedwin# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
722181418Sedwin# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
723181418Sedwin# </a>
724181418Sedwin
725181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
726181418Sedwin# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
727181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
728181418Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
729181418Sedwin# </a>
730181418Sedwin#
731181418Sedwin# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
732181418Sedwin# spokesman.
733181418Sedwin
734181418Sedwin# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
735181418Sedwin# According to this article:
736181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
737181418Sedwin# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
738181418Sedwin# </a>
739181418Sedwin# (and republished here:
740181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
741181418Sedwin# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
742181418Sedwin# </a>
743181418Sedwin# )
744181418Sedwin# the changes occurs at midnight:
745181418Sedwin#
746181418Sedwin# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
747181418Sedwin# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
748181418Sedwin# sunday night the 28th  at midnight
749181418Sedwin#
750181418Sedwin# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
751181418Sedwin# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
752181418Sedwin# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
753181418Sedwin# june1st to sept 27th.
754181418Sedwin#
755181418Sedwin# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
756181418Sedwin# published on the web.
757181418Sedwin#
758181418Sedwin# It's also confirmed here:
759181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
760181418Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
761181418Sedwin# </a>
762181418Sedwin# on a government portal as being  between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
763181418Sedwin# posted in english).
764181418Sedwin#
765181418Sedwin# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
766181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
767181418Sedwin# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
768181418Sedwin# </a>
769181418Sedwin
770183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
771240457Sedwin# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
772240457Sedwin# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
773183066Sedwin# of September:
774183066Sedwin#
775183066Sedwin# One article about it (in French):
776183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default">
777183066Sedwin# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
778183066Sedwin# </a>
779183066Sedwin#
780183066Sedwin# We have some further details posted here:
781183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
782183066Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
783183066Sedwin# </a>
784190372Sedwin
785190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
786190372Sedwin# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
787190372Sedwin# to many sources, such as
788190372Sedwin# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html">
789190372Sedwin# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
790190372Sedwin# </a>
791190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312">
792190372Sedwin# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
793190372Sedwin# </a>
794190372Sedwin# (French)
795190372Sedwin#
796190372Sedwin# Our summary:
797190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html">
798190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
799190372Sedwin# </a>
800190372Sedwin
801190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
802190372Sedwin# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
803190372Sedwin# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
804190372Sedwin#
805190372Sedwin# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
806190372Sedwin# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
807190372Sedwin# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
808190372Sedwin# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
809190372Sedwin#
810190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf">
811190372Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
812190372Sedwin# </a>
813190372Sedwin#
814190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html">
815190372Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
816190372Sedwin# </a>
817190372Sedwin
818206868Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
819206868Sedwin# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
820206868Sedwin# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
821206868Sedwin# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
822206868Sedwin#
823206868Sedwin# Example:
824206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html">
825206868Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
826206868Sedwin# </a>
827206868Sedwin# (French)
828206868Sedwin# Our page:
829206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html">
830206868Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
831206868Sedwin# </a>
832206868Sedwin
833220286Sedwin# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30):
834220286Sedwin# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format)
835220286Sedwin# The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00
836220286Sedwin# The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59,  [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00
837220286Sedwin# ...Official links of change in morocco
838220286Sedwin# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio
839220286Sedwin# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at
840220286Sedwin# +212.537.71.84.00
841220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/">
842220286Sedwin# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/
843220286Sedwin# </a>
844220286Sedwin# They said that
845220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view">
846220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view
847220286Sedwin# </a>
848220286Sedwin# is the official publication to look at.
849220286Sedwin# They said that the decision was already taken.
850220286Sedwin#
851220286Sedwin# More articles in the press
852220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev">
853220286Sedwin# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev
854220286Sedwin# </a>
855220286Sedwin# e.html
856220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923">
857220286Sedwin# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923
858220286Sedwin# </a>
859220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim">
860220286Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim
861220286Sedwin# anche-prochain-5538.html
862220286Sedwin# </a>
863220286Sedwin
864220286Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30):
865220286Sedwin# They have it written in English here:
866220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view">
867220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view
868220286Sedwin# </a>
869220286Sedwin#
870220286Sedwin# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31,
871220286Sedwin# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of
872220286Sedwin# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
873220286Sedwin# also been like that in the past.
874220286Sedwin
875240457Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
876240457Sedwin# According to Infom&eacute;diaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
877240457Sedwin# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure l&eacute;gale:
878240457Sedwin# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'&eacute;t&eacute;
879240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9">
880240457Sedwin# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9
881240457Sedwin# </a>
882240457Sedwin# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
883240457Sedwin# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
884240457Sedwin# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
885240457Sedwin# except the month of Ramadan.
886240457Sedwin# or (brief)
887240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html">
888240457Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
889240457Sedwin# </a>
890240457Sedwin
891240457Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
892240457Sedwin# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
893240457Sedwin# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
894240457Sedwin# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
895240457Sedwin# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
896240457Sedwin# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
897240457Sedwin
898240457Sedwin# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
899240457Sedwin# Seen Morocco change again:
900240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php">
901240457Sedwin# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
902240457Sedwin# </a>
903240457Sedwin# "...&agrave; partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars,
904240457Sedwin# comme annonc&eacute; pr&eacute;c&eacute;demment."
905240457Sedwin
906240457Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17):
907240457Sedwin# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government:
908240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288">
909240457Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French]
910240457Sedwin# </a>
911240457Sedwin#
912240457Sedwin# Google translation, lightly edited:
913240457Sedwin# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT)
914240457Sedwin# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18,
915240457Sedwin# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the
916240457Sedwin# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry
917240457Sedwin# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return
918240457Sedwin# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until
919240457Sedwin# Monday, August 20, 2012.  So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from
920240457Sedwin# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes
921240457Sedwin# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am.
922240457Sedwin
923248307Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06):
924248307Sedwin# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be
925248307Sedwin# announced a bit in advance.  On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government
926248307Sedwin# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be
927248307Sedwin# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see
928248307Sedwin# <http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288>.
929253009Sedwin
930253009Sedwin# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02):
931253009Sedwin# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings
932253009Sedwin# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see:
933253009Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10
934253009Sedwin
935257681Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28):
936257681Sedwin# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day
937257681Sedwin# before it was going to end.  There is a new decree (2.13.781) for
938257681Sedwin# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00
939257681Sedwin# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules.  Official
940257681Sedwin# source (French):
941257681Sedwin# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013
942257681Sedwin# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
943257681Sedwin# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
944257681Sedwin
945263901Sedwin# From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18):
946263901Sedwin# http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp
947263901Sedwin
948267473Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05):
949267473Sedwin# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return
950267473Sedwin# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time....  DST
951267473Sedwin# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014....
952267473Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586
953267473Sedwin
954267473Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-05):
955267473Sedwin# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2014's rules,
956267473Sedwin# and guess that Morocco will switch to standard time at 03:00 the last
957267473Sedwin# Saturday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Saturday after
958267473Sedwin# Ramadan.  To implement this, transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were
959267473Sedwin# determined by running the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the
960267473Sedwin# results integrated by hand into the table below.
961267473Sedwin# (let ((islamic-year 1436))
962267473Sedwin#   (while (< islamic-year 1460)
963267473Sedwin#     (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
964267473Sedwin#           (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))
965267473Sedwin#           (saturday 6))
966267473Sedwin#       (while (/= saturday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
967267473Sedwin#       (while (/= saturday (mod b 7))
968267473Sedwin#         (setq b (1+ b)))
969267473Sedwin#       (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
970267473Sedwin#       (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
971267473Sedwin#       (insert
972267473Sedwin#        (format
973267473Sedwin#         (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n"
974267473Sedwin#                 "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n")
975267473Sedwin#         (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a))
976267473Sedwin#         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
977248307Sedwin#     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
978248307Sedwin
97920094Swollman# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
980183066Sedwin
98119878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
9822742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
98319878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	S
9842742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
98519878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	S
9862742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
98719878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	S
9882742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
98919878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	S
9902742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
99119878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
9922742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
9932742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
99419878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
9952742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
996181418SedwinRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
997183066SedwinRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
998190372SedwinRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
999267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	21	 0:00	0	-
1000206868SedwinRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
1001206868SedwinRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
1002220286SedwinRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
1003267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	31	 0	0	-
1004267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2012	2013	-	Apr	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	S
1005267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Sep	30	 3:00	0	-
1006267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Jul	20	 3:00	0	-
1007267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	1:00	S
1008267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Jul	 7	 3:00	0	-
1009267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Aug	10	 2:00	1:00	S
1010267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2013	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
1011267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2014	2022	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	S
1012267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jun	28	 3:00	0	-
1013267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Aug	 2	 2:00	1:00	S
1014267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jun	13	 3:00	0	-
1015267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jul	18	 2:00	1:00	S
1016267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jun	 4	 3:00	0	-
1017267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jul	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
1018267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	May	20	 3:00	0	-
1019267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	Jul	 1	 2:00	1:00	S
1020267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	May	12	 3:00	0	-
1021267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	Jun	16	 2:00	1:00	S
1022267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	May	 4	 3:00	0	-
1023267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	Jun	 8	 2:00	1:00	S
1024267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	Apr	18	 3:00	0	-
1025267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	May	30	 2:00	1:00	S
1026267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	Apr	10	 3:00	0	-
1027267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	May	15	 2:00	1:00	S
1028267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	Apr	 2	 3:00	0	-
1029267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	May	 7	 2:00	1:00	S
1030267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Apr	22	 2:00	1:00	S
1031267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Apr	13	 2:00	1:00	S
1032267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Apr	 5	 2:00	1:00	S
1033267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2026	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	S
1034267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Oct	27	 3:00	0	-
1035267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Oct	18	 3:00	0	-
1036267473SedwinRule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Oct	10	 3:00	0	-
1037240457Sedwin
10382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
10392742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
104019878Swollman			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
104119878Swollman			 1:00	-	CET	1986
1042181418Sedwin			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT
1043257681Sedwin
104419878Swollman# Western Sahara
1045257681Sedwin#
1046257681Sedwin# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22):
1047257681Sedwin# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters
1048257681Sedwin# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as
1049257681Sedwin# Morocco does.
1050257681Sedwin#
1051257681Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
1052257681Sedwin# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
1053257681Sedwin# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
1054257681Sedwin
105519878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
105630711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
1057257681Sedwin			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT
10588029Swollman
10592742Swollman# Mozambique
10602742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
10612742SwollmanZone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
106230711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
10632742Swollman
10642742Swollman# Namibia
1065158421Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
1066158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
1067169811Swollman
1068169811Swollman# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in
1069169811Swollman# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>:
1070169811Swollman# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
1071169811Swollman# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
1072169811Swollman# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions.  Chief of
1073169811Swollman# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
1074169811Swollman# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
1075169811Swollman# of the country.
1076240457Sedwin#
1077169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
1078169811Swollman# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
1079169811Swollman# we have no details.  In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
1080169811Swollman
108120094Swollman# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
108220094SwollmanRule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
108320094SwollmanRule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
10842742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
10852742SwollmanZone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
10862742Swollman			1:30	-	SWAT	1903 Mar	# SW Africa Time
108730711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20 2:00
10882742Swollman			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21 2:00
108930711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
109030711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Apr  3
109130711Swollman			1:00	Namibia	WA%sT
10922742Swollman
10932742Swollman# Niger
10942742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
109530711SwollmanZone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
109630711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1934 Feb 26
109730711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1960
109830711Swollman			 1:00	-	WAT
10992742Swollman
11002742Swollman# Nigeria
11012742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11022742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
110330711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
11042742Swollman
11052742Swollman# Reunion
11062742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
110714343SwollmanZone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
110819878Swollman			4:00	-	RET	# Reunion Time
110943014Swollman#
111043014Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
111143014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from
111258787Sru# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
111358787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
111458787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories.
111543014Swollman#
111643014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited
111743014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
111843014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
111943014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
112043014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
11212742Swollman
11222742Swollman# Rwanda
11232742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11242742SwollmanZone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
112530711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
11262742Swollman
11272742Swollman# St Helena
11282742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11292742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
113030711Swollman			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
11312742Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
113214343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
113330711Swollman#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
113430711Swollman#	Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
113558787Sru#	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
113658787Sru#		on GMT, says the CIA
113730711Swollman#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
113814343Swollman
11392742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe
11402742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11412742SwollmanZone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
114219878Swollman			-0:36:32 -	LMT	1912	# Lisbon Mean Time
114330711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
11442742Swollman
11452742Swollman# Senegal
11462742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11472742SwollmanZone	Africa/Dakar	-1:09:44 -	LMT	1912
114830711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1941 Jun
114930711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
11502742Swollman
11512742Swollman# Seychelles
11522742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11532742SwollmanZone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
115419878Swollman			4:00	-	SCT	# Seychelles Time
115586222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
115686222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
115786222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
115886222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976.  We don't know
115986222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
116086222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
11612742Swollman
11622742Swollman# Sierra Leone
11632742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1164158421Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
116530711SwollmanRule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
116630711SwollmanRule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
116730711SwollmanRule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
116830711SwollmanRule	SL	1957	1962	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	GMT
11692742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11702742SwollmanZone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
117119878Swollman			-0:53:00 -	FMT	1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
117230711Swollman			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
117330711Swollman			 0:00	SL	%s
11742742Swollman
11752742Swollman# Somalia
11762742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11772742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu	3:01:28 -	LMT	1893 Nov
11782742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1931
117930711Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1957
11802742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
11812742Swollman
11822742Swollman# South Africa
11832742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
118430711SwollmanRule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
11852742SwollmanRule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
11862742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11872742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
118830711Swollman			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
118930711Swollman			2:00	SA	SAST
119030711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is
119158787Sru# scientific station since 1947
11922742Swollman# no information
11932742Swollman
11942742Swollman# Sudan
119558787Sru#
119658787Sru# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
119758787Sru# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
119858787Sru# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
119958787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
120058787Sru# Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
120158787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
120258787Sru#
12032742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
120419878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
120514343SwollmanRule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
120619878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
120719878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
12082742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
12092742SwollmanZone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
121058787Sru			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
121158787Sru			3:00	-	EAT
12122742Swollman
1213226289Sedwin# South Sudan
1214257681SedwinLink Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba
1215226289Sedwin
12162742Swollman# Swaziland
12172742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
12182742SwollmanZone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
121930711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST
12202742Swollman
12212742Swollman# Tanzania
12222742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
12232742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
12242742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1948
1225226289Sedwin			2:45	-	BEAUT	1961
12262742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
12272742Swollman
12282742Swollman# Togo
12292742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
12302742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
123130711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT
12322742Swollman
12332742Swollman# Tunisia
1234149514Swollman
1235149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
1236149514Swollman# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
1237149514Swollman# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
1238149514Swollman# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
1239149514Swollman# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
1240149514Swollman# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
1241149514Swollman# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
1242149514Swollman# Saturday."  (My translation)
1243149514Swollman#
1244149514Swollman# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
1245149514Swollman# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
1246149514Swollman# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
1247149514Swollman# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
1248149514Swollman# 1h standard time.
1249158421Swollman#
1250158421Swollman# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
1251158421Swollman# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
1252158421Swollman# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1253158421Swollman# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
1254158421Swollman# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
1255149514Swollman
1256190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
1257190372Sedwin# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
1258190372Sedwin# (Arabic)
1259190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546">
1260190372Sedwin# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
1261190372Sedwin# </a>
1262190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp">
1263190372Sedwin# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
1264190372Sedwin# </a>
1265190372Sedwin#
1266190372Sedwin# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
1267190372Sedwin# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
1268190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html">
1269190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
1270190372Sedwin# </a>
1271190372Sedwin
1272190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
1273190372Sedwin# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
1274190372Sedwin#
1275190372Sedwin# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
1276190372Sedwin#
1277190372Sedwin# (in English)
1278190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157">
1279190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
1280190372Sedwin# </a>
1281190372Sedwin#
1282190372Sedwin# (in Arabic)
1283190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1">
1284190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
1285190372Sedwin# </a>
1286190372Sedwin
1287190372Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18):
1288190372Sedwin# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact
1289190372Sedwin# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time.
1290190372Sedwin# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long."
1291190372Sedwin# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the  future).
1292190372Sedwin
1293206868Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27):
1294206868Sedwin# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010
1295206868Sedwin#
1296206868Sedwin# (translation):
1297206868Sedwin# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on
1298206868Sedwin# Sunday...
1299206868Sedwin# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also
1300206868Sedwin# coincided with the month of Ramadan..."
1301206868Sedwin#
1302206868Sedwin# (in Arabic)
1303206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1">
1304206868Sedwin# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1
1305206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036">
1306206868Sedwin# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036
1307206868Sedwin# or
1308206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html">
1309206868Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html
1310206868Sedwin
13112742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
131219878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
13132742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
131419878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
13152742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
131619878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
13172742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
131819878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
13192742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
132019878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
13212742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
132219878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
13232742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
13242742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
132519878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
13262742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
132719878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
13282742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
132919878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
133020094SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
133119878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
133219878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1333149514SwollmanRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1334149514SwollmanRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
1335190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
1336190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
1337206868Sedwin
1338158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
1339158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21.
1340158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
13412742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13422742SwollmanZone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
134314343Swollman			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
134419878Swollman			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
13452742Swollman
13462742Swollman# Uganda
13472742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13482742SwollmanZone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
13492742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1930
13502742Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1948
1351226289Sedwin			2:45	-	BEAUT	1957
13522742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
13532742Swollman
13542742Swollman# Zambia
13552742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13562742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
135730711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
13582742Swollman
13592742Swollman# Zimbabwe
13602742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13612742SwollmanZone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
136230711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
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