africa revision 196582
1153761Swollman# <pre>
2196582Sedwin# @(#)africa	8.23
3192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
567578Swollman
62742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
72742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
82742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
92742Swollman
10158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
112742Swollman#
122742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
13158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
14158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
152742Swollman#
1686222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
1720094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
1820094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1920094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
2020094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
2120094Swollman#
22158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
23158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
2420094Swollman#
252742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
262742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
272742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
282742Swollman#
2914343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
3058787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
3114343Swollman#
3230711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
3330711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
34149514Swollman# but Mark R V Murray reports that
3530711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
3630711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
3730711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
3830711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
3930711Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
402742Swollman#
4130711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
4230711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
4330711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
4430711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
4530711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
462742Swollman#
4730711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
4830711Swollman#	-1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
4930711Swollman#	 0:00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
5030711Swollman#	 2:00	CAT	Central Africa Time
5130711Swollman#	 2:00	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
5230711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
5330711Swollman#	 1:00	WAT	West Africa Time
5430711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
5530711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
5630711Swollman# until we get more information.
572742Swollman#
5830711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
5930711Swollman#	 2:00	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
6030711Swollman#	 2:30	BEAT	British East Africa Time (no longer used)
6186222Swollman#	 2:44:45 BEAUT	British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
6230711Swollman#	 3:00	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
6330711Swollman#	 3:00	SAST	South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
642742Swollman#	 3:00	EAT	East Africa Time
6530711Swollman#	 4:00	EAST	East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
662742Swollman
672742Swollman# Algeria
682742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6919878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
70158421SwollmanRule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
7119878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
7219878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
7319878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
7419878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
752742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
7619878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
772742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
7819878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
792742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
80158421SwollmanRule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
812742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
822742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
8319878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
842742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
8519878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
862742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
8719878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
882742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
8919878SwollmanRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
902742SwollmanRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
91158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
92158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21.
932742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
942742SwollmanZone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
9514343Swollman			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
9619878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25 2:00
9719878Swollman			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
982742Swollman			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
9919878Swollman			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
10019878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
10119878Swollman			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
10219878Swollman			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
10319878Swollman			1:00	-	CET
1042742Swollman
1052742Swollman# Angola
1062742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1072742SwollmanZone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
10886222Swollman			0:52:04	-	AOT	1911 May 26 # Angola Time
10930711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1102742Swollman
1112742Swollman# Benin
112158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
113158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1142742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1152742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
11630711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
11730711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1182742Swollman
1192742Swollman# Botswana
1202742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1212742SwollmanZone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
12230711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19 2:00
12330711Swollman			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
12430711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
1252742Swollman
1262742Swollman# Burkina Faso
1272742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1282742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou	-0:06:04 -	LMT	1912
12930711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
1302742Swollman
1312742Swollman# Burundi
1322742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1332742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
13430711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
1352742Swollman
1362742Swollman# Cameroon
137158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1392742SwollmanZone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
14030711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1412742Swollman
1422742Swollman# Cape Verde
1432742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1442742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1907			# Praia
1452742Swollman			-2:00	-	CVT	1942 Sep
1462742Swollman			-2:00	1:00	CVST	1945 Oct 15
1472742Swollman			-2:00	-	CVT	1975 Nov 25 2:00
14819878Swollman			-1:00	-	CVT
1492742Swollman
1502742Swollman# Central African Republic
1512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1522742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bangui	1:14:20	-	LMT	1912
15330711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1542742Swollman
1552742Swollman# Chad
1562742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1572742SwollmanZone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912
15830711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
15930711Swollman			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
16030711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1612742Swollman
1622742Swollman# Comoros
1632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1642742SwollmanZone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul   # Moroni, Gran Comoro
1652742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
1662742Swollman
16730711Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo
1682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16930711SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
17030711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
17130711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
17230711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
17330711Swollman
17430711Swollman# Republic of the Congo
17530711Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1762742SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
17730711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
1782742Swollman
1792742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire
1802742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1812742SwollmanZone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912
18230711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
1832742Swollman
1842742Swollman# Djibouti
1852742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1862742SwollmanZone	Africa/Djibouti	2:52:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul
1872742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
1882742Swollman
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1902742Swollman
1912742Swollman# Egypt
1922742Swollman
1932742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
19419878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
1952742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
19619878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
1972742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
19819878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1992742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
2002742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
20119878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
20219878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
2032742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
20419878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
20519878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
2062742SwollmanRule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
20730711SwollmanRule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
20819878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
20919878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
21019878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
21119878SwollmanRule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
21230711SwollmanRule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
21343014Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
21443543Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
21558787SruRule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
216163302SruRule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
217163302Sru# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
218163302Sru# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
219163302Sru# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
220163302Sru# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
221163302Sru# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
222163302SruRule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	23:00s	0	-
223171948Sedwin# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
224171948Sedwin# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
225171948Sedwin# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
226171948Sedwin# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
227171948Sedwin# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 
228171948Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
229172479Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
230172479Sedwin# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
231172479SedwinRule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	23:00s	0	-
232172479Sedwin# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
233172479Sedwin# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
234172479Sedwin# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
235172479Sedwin# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
236172479Sedwin# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
237172479Sedwin# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
238172479Sedwin# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
239171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
240172479Sedwin# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
24120094Swollman
242191618Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
243191618Sedwin# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
244191618Sedwin#
245191618Sedwin# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
246192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
247191618Sedwin# Apr 23
248192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
249192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri =
250191618Sedwin# Apr 24
251192886Sedwin# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
252192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
253191618Sedwin# Aug 27
254192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
255192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu =
256191618Sedwin# Aug 27
257192886Sedwin# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
258191618Sedwin#
259191618Sedwin# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
260191618Sedwin# :59)
261191618Sedwin# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
262191618Sedwin#
263191618Sedwin# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
264191618Sedwin#
265192886Sedwin# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263">
266192886Sedwin# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263
267191618Sedwin# </a>
268192886Sedwin# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53">
269192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
270191618Sedwin# </a>
271191618Sedwin# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/">
272191618Sedwin# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
273191618Sedwin# </a>
274191618Sedwin
275191618Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
276191618Sedwin# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
277191618Sedwin# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
278191618Sedwin# in September.
279196582Sedwin
280196582Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
281196582Sedwin# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 
282196582Sedwin# Information and Decision Support Center:
283196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html">
284196582Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
285196582Sedwin# </a>
286196582Sedwin# 
287196582Sedwin# The Middle East News Agency
288196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx">
289196582Sedwin# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
290196582Sedwin# </a>
291196582Sedwin# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
292196582Sedwin# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 
293196582Sedwin# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
294196582Sedwin# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
295196582Sedwin# (at least today).
296196582Sedwin
297191618SedwinRule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
298196582SedwinRule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	23:00s	0	-
299196582SedwinRule	Egypt	2010	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
300191618Sedwin
3012742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3022742SwollmanZone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
30319878Swollman			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
3042742Swollman
3052742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea
3062742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3072742SwollmanZone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
30830711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
30930711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
3102742Swollman
3112742Swollman# Eritrea
3122742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
313169811SwollmanZone	Africa/Asmara	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
314169811Swollman			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmara Mean Time
31530711Swollman			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
3162742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
3172742Swollman
3182742Swollman# Ethiopia
319158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
320158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
321158421Swollman# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
32230711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
3232742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3242742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
32530711Swollman			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
3262742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
3272742Swollman
3282742Swollman# Gabon
3292742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3302742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
33130711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
3322742Swollman
3332742Swollman# Gambia
3342742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3352742SwollmanZone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
33619878Swollman			-1:06:36 -	BMT	1935	# Banjul Mean Time
33730711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1964
33830711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
3392742Swollman
3402742Swollman# Ghana
3412742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
342158421Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
343158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
34430711SwollmanRule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	GHST
34530711SwollmanRule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	GMT
3462742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3472742SwollmanZone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
3482742Swollman			 0:00	Ghana	%s
3492742Swollman
3502742Swollman# Guinea
3512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3522742SwollmanZone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
35330711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
35430711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960
35530711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
3562742Swollman
3572742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau
3582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3592742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1911 May 26
36030711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1975
36130711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
3622742Swollman
3632742Swollman# Kenya
3642742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3652742SwollmanZone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
3662742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1930
36730711Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1940
36886222Swollman			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1960
3692742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
3702742Swollman
3712742Swollman# Lesotho
3722742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3732742SwollmanZone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
37430711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19 2:00
3752742Swollman			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
37630711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST
3772742Swollman
3782742Swollman# Liberia
379158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
3802742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
38186222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
38214343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
383158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
384158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
385158421Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
386158421Swollman# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
3872742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3882742SwollmanZone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
3892742Swollman			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
39019878Swollman			-0:44:30 -	LRT	1972 May # Liberia Time
39130711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
3922742Swollman
3932742Swollman###############################################################################
3942742Swollman
3952742Swollman# Libya
3962742Swollman
3972742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
39819878SwollmanRule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
3992742SwollmanRule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
40019878SwollmanRule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
4012742SwollmanRule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
40219878SwollmanRule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
4032742SwollmanRule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
40419878SwollmanRule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
4052742SwollmanRule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
40619878SwollmanRule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
40719878SwollmanRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
4082742SwollmanRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
40919878SwollmanRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
410149514SwollmanRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
4112742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4122742SwollmanZone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
41319878Swollman			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
4142742Swollman			2:00	-	EET	1982
41558787Sru			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
416158421Swollman# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
41758787Sru# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
41858787Sru			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
41958787Sru			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
42058787Sru			1:00	1:00	CEST	1997 Oct  4
42143014Swollman			2:00	-	EET
4222742Swollman
4232742Swollman# Madagascar
4242742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4252742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
4262742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1954 Feb 27 23:00s
4272742Swollman			3:00	1:00	EAST	1954 May 29 23:00s
4282742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
4292742Swollman
4302742Swollman# Malawi
4312742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4322742SwollmanZone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
43330711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
4342742Swollman
4352742Swollman# Mali
4362742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4372742SwollmanZone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
43830711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
43930711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Jun 20
44030711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
4412742Swollman
4422742Swollman# Mauritania
4432742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4442742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
44530711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
44630711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Nov 28
44730711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
4482742Swollman
4492742Swollman# Mauritius
450181421Sedwin
451181421Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
452181421Sedwin# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
453181421Sedwin# basis....
454181421Sedwin# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 
455181421Sedwin# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
456181421Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
457181424Sedwin
458181421Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
459181421Sedwin# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
460181424Sedwin
461181421Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
462181421Sedwin# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
463181421Sedwin# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
464181421Sedwin# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
465181424Sedwin
466181421Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
467181421Sedwin# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
468181421Sedwin
469181424Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
470181424Sedwin# According to
471181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
472181424Sedwin# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
473181424Sedwin# </a>
474181424Sedwin# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
475181424Sedwin# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
476181424Sedwin# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
477181424Sedwin# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
478181424Sedwin# 
479181424Sedwin# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 
480181424Sedwin# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 
481181424Sedwin# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 
482181424Sedwin# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 
483181424Sedwin# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 
484181424Sedwin# changes two days later.
485181424Sedwin
486181424Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
487181424Sedwin# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
488181424Sedwin# time:  Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
489181424Sedwin# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
490181424Sedwin#
491181424Sedwin# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
492181424Sedwin# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
493181424Sedwin# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
494181424Sedwin# ...
495181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
496181424Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
497181424Sedwin# </a>
498181424Sedwin
499183066Sedwin# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
500183066Sedwin# The Government of Mauritius weblink
501192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
502192886Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
503183066Sedwin# </a>
504183066Sedwin# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
505183066Sedwin#
506183066Sedwin# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
507183066Sedwin# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
508183066Sedwin# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
509183066Sedwin# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
510183066Sedwin# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
511183066Sedwin# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
512183066Sedwin# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
513183066Sedwin# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
514183066Sedwin# and end on 29 March 2009.
515183066Sedwin
516183864Sedwin# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
517183864Sedwin# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
518183864Sedwin# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
519183864Sedwin# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
520183864Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf">
521183864Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
522183864Sedwin# </a>
523183864Sedwin
524196581Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05):
525196581Sedwin# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe
526196581Sedwin# DST the coming summer...
527196581Sedwin#
528196581Sedwin# Some sources, in French:
529196581Sedwin# <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">
530196581Sedwin# 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
531196581Sedwin# </a>
532196581Sedwin# <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-">
533196581Sedwin# 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-
534196581Sedwin# </a>
535196581Sedwin#
536196581Sedwin# Our wrap-up:
537196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html">
538196581Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
539196581Sedwin# </a>
540196581Sedwin
541196581Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
542196581Sedwin# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 
543196581Sedwin# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
544196581Sedwin# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
545196581Sedwin
546181421Sedwin# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
547181421SedwinRule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	S
548181421SedwinRule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
549196581SedwinRule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	S
550196581SedwinRule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
5512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5522742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
553181421Sedwin			4:00 Mauritius	MU%sT	# Mauritius Time
5542742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
5552742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
5562742Swollman
5572742Swollman# Mayotte
5582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
55914343SwollmanZone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
5602742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
5612742Swollman
5622742Swollman# Morocco
56330711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
564181418Sedwin
565181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
566181418Sedwin# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
567181418Sedwin# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
568181418Sedwin#
569181418Sedwin# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
570181418Sedwin# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
571181418Sedwin# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
572181418Sedwin#
573181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
574181418Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
575181418Sedwin# </a>
576181418Sedwin# OR
577181418Sedwin# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
578181418Sedwin# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
579181418Sedwin# </a>
580181418Sedwin
581181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
582181418Sedwin# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
583181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
584181418Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
585181418Sedwin# </a>
586181418Sedwin#
587181418Sedwin# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
588181418Sedwin# spokesman.
589181418Sedwin
590181418Sedwin# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
591181418Sedwin# According to this article:
592181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
593181418Sedwin# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
594181418Sedwin# </a>
595181418Sedwin# (and republished here:
596181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
597181418Sedwin# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
598181418Sedwin# </a>
599181418Sedwin# )
600181418Sedwin# the changes occurs at midnight:
601181418Sedwin#
602181418Sedwin# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
603181418Sedwin# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
604181418Sedwin# sunday night the 28th  at midnight
605181418Sedwin#
606181418Sedwin# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
607181418Sedwin# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
608181418Sedwin# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
609181418Sedwin# june1st to sept 27th.
610181418Sedwin#
611181418Sedwin# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
612181418Sedwin# published on the web.
613181418Sedwin#
614181418Sedwin# It's also confirmed here:
615181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
616181418Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
617181418Sedwin# </a>
618181418Sedwin# on a government portal as being  between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
619181418Sedwin# posted in english).
620181418Sedwin#
621181418Sedwin# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
622181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
623181418Sedwin# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
624181418Sedwin# </a>
625181418Sedwin
626181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
627181418Sedwin# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
628181418Sedwin# Morocco DST changes?  Any information?  What about other part of
629181418Sedwin# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
630181418Sedwin# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
631181418Sedwin
632181418Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
633181418Sedwin# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
634181418Sedwin
635183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
636183066Sedwin# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 
637183066Sedwin# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 
638183066Sedwin# of September:
639183066Sedwin#
640183066Sedwin# One article about it (in French):
641183066Sedwin# <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">
642183066Sedwin# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
643183066Sedwin# </a>
644183066Sedwin#
645183066Sedwin# We have some further details posted here:
646183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
647183066Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
648183066Sedwin# </a>
649190372Sedwin
650190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
651190372Sedwin# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
652190372Sedwin# to many sources, such as
653190372Sedwin# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html">
654190372Sedwin# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
655190372Sedwin# </a>
656190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312">
657190372Sedwin# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
658190372Sedwin# </a>
659190372Sedwin# (French)
660190372Sedwin#
661190372Sedwin# Our summary:
662190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html">
663190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
664190372Sedwin# </a>
665190372Sedwin
666190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
667190372Sedwin# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
668190372Sedwin# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
669190372Sedwin#
670190372Sedwin# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967)
671190372Sedwin# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
672190372Sedwin# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
673190372Sedwin# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
674190372Sedwin#
675190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf">
676190372Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
677190372Sedwin# </a>
678190372Sedwin#
679190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html">
680190372Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
681190372Sedwin# </a>
682190372Sedwin
68320094Swollman# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
684183066Sedwin
68519878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
6862742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
68719878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	S
6882742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
68919878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	S
6902742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
69119878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	S
6922742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
69319878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	S
6942742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
69519878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
6962742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
6972742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
69819878SwollmanRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
6992742SwollmanRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
700181418SedwinRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
701183066SedwinRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
702190372SedwinRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
703190372SedwinRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	 21	 0:00	0	-
7042742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7052742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
70619878Swollman			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
70719878Swollman			 1:00	-	CET	1986
708181418Sedwin			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT
70919878Swollman# Western Sahara
71019878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
71130711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
71219878Swollman			 0:00	-	WET
7138029Swollman
7142742Swollman# Mozambique
7152742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7162742SwollmanZone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
71730711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
7182742Swollman
7192742Swollman# Namibia
720158421Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
721158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
722169811Swollman
723169811Swollman# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in
724169811Swollman# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>:
725169811Swollman# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
726169811Swollman# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
727169811Swollman# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions.  Chief of
728169811Swollman# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
729169811Swollman# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
730169811Swollman# of the country.
731169811Swollman# 
732169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
733169811Swollman# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
734169811Swollman# we have no details.  In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
735169811Swollman
73620094Swollman# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
73720094SwollmanRule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
73820094SwollmanRule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
7392742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7402742SwollmanZone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
7412742Swollman			1:30	-	SWAT	1903 Mar	# SW Africa Time
74230711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20 2:00
7432742Swollman			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21 2:00
74430711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
74530711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Apr  3
74630711Swollman			1:00	Namibia	WA%sT
7472742Swollman
7482742Swollman# Niger
7492742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
75030711SwollmanZone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
75130711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1934 Feb 26
75230711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT	1960
75330711Swollman			 1:00	-	WAT
7542742Swollman
7552742Swollman# Nigeria
7562742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7572742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
75830711Swollman			1:00	-	WAT
7592742Swollman
7602742Swollman# Reunion
7612742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
76214343SwollmanZone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
76319878Swollman			4:00	-	RET	# Reunion Time
76443014Swollman#
76543014Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
76643014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from
76758787Sru# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
76858787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
76958787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories.
77043014Swollman#
77143014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited
77243014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
77343014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
77443014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
77543014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
7762742Swollman
7772742Swollman# Rwanda
7782742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7792742SwollmanZone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
78030711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
7812742Swollman
7822742Swollman# St Helena
7832742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7842742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
78530711Swollman			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
7862742Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
78714343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
78830711Swollman#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
78930711Swollman#	Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
79058787Sru#	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
79158787Sru#		on GMT, says the CIA
79230711Swollman#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
79314343Swollman
7942742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe
7952742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7962742SwollmanZone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
79719878Swollman			-0:36:32 -	LMT	1912	# Lisbon Mean Time
79830711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
7992742Swollman
8002742Swollman# Senegal
8012742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8022742SwollmanZone	Africa/Dakar	-1:09:44 -	LMT	1912
80330711Swollman			-1:00	-	WAT	1941 Jun
80430711Swollman			 0:00	-	GMT
8052742Swollman
8062742Swollman# Seychelles
8072742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8082742SwollmanZone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
80919878Swollman			4:00	-	SCT	# Seychelles Time
81086222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
81186222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
81286222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
81386222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976.  We don't know
81486222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
81586222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
8162742Swollman
8172742Swollman# Sierra Leone
8182742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
819158421Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
82030711SwollmanRule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
82130711SwollmanRule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
82230711SwollmanRule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
82330711SwollmanRule	SL	1957	1962	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	GMT
8242742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8252742SwollmanZone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
82619878Swollman			-0:53:00 -	FMT	1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
82730711Swollman			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
82830711Swollman			 0:00	SL	%s
8292742Swollman
8302742Swollman# Somalia
8312742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8322742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu	3:01:28 -	LMT	1893 Nov
8332742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1931
83430711Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1957
8352742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
8362742Swollman
8372742Swollman# South Africa
8382742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
83930711SwollmanRule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
8402742SwollmanRule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
8412742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8422742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
84330711Swollman			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
84430711Swollman			2:00	SA	SAST
84530711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is
84658787Sru# scientific station since 1947
8472742Swollman# no information
8482742Swollman
8492742Swollman# Sudan
85058787Sru#
85158787Sru# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
85258787Sru# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
85358787Sru# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
85458787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
85558787Sru# Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
85658787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
85758787Sru#
8582742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
85919878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
86014343SwollmanRule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
86119878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
86219878SwollmanRule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
8632742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8642742SwollmanZone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
86558787Sru			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
86658787Sru			3:00	-	EAT
8672742Swollman
8682742Swollman# Swaziland
8692742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8702742SwollmanZone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
87130711Swollman			2:00	-	SAST
8722742Swollman
8732742Swollman# Tanzania
8742742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8752742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
8762742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1948
87786222Swollman			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1961
8782742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
8792742Swollman
8802742Swollman# Togo
8812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8822742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
88330711Swollman			0:00	-	GMT
8842742Swollman
8852742Swollman# Tunisia
886149514Swollman
887149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
888149514Swollman# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
889149514Swollman# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
890149514Swollman# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
891149514Swollman# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
892149514Swollman# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
893149514Swollman# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
894149514Swollman# Saturday."  (My translation)
895149514Swollman#
896149514Swollman# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
897149514Swollman# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
898149514Swollman# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
899149514Swollman# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
900149514Swollman# 1h standard time.
901158421Swollman#
902158421Swollman# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
903158421Swollman# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
904158421Swollman# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
905158421Swollman# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
906158421Swollman# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
907149514Swollman
908190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
909190372Sedwin# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
910190372Sedwin# (Arabic)
911190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546">
912190372Sedwin# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
913190372Sedwin# </a>
914190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp">
915190372Sedwin# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
916190372Sedwin# </a>
917190372Sedwin#
918190372Sedwin# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
919190372Sedwin# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
920190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html">
921190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
922190372Sedwin# </a>
923190372Sedwin
924190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
925190372Sedwin# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
926190372Sedwin#
927190372Sedwin# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
928190372Sedwin#
929190372Sedwin# (in English)
930190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157">
931190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
932190372Sedwin# </a>
933190372Sedwin#
934190372Sedwin# (in Arabic)
935190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1">
936190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
937190372Sedwin# </a>
938190372Sedwin
939190372Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18):
940190372Sedwin# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact
941190372Sedwin# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time.
942190372Sedwin# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long."
943190372Sedwin# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the  future).
944190372Sedwin
9452742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
94619878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
9472742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
94819878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
9492742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
95019878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
9512742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
95219878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
9532742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
95419878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
9552742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
95619878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
9572742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
9582742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
95919878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
9602742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
96119878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
9622742SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
96319878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
96420094SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
96519878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
96619878SwollmanRule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
967149514SwollmanRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
968149514SwollmanRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
969190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
970190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
971190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2010	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
972190372SedwinRule	Tunisia	2010	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
973158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
974158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21.
975158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
9762742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9772742SwollmanZone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
97814343Swollman			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
97919878Swollman			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
9802742Swollman
9812742Swollman# Uganda
9822742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9832742SwollmanZone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
9842742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT	1930
9852742Swollman			2:30	-	BEAT	1948
98686222Swollman			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1957
9872742Swollman			3:00	-	EAT
9882742Swollman
9892742Swollman# Zambia
9902742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9912742SwollmanZone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
99230711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
9932742Swollman
9942742Swollman# Zimbabwe
9952742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9962742SwollmanZone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
99730711Swollman			2:00	-	CAT
998