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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 1962742Swollman############################################################################### 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 242163302SruRule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 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 248163302SruRule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 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 257172479SedwinRule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 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 338191618SedwinRule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 339196582SedwinRule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 340211422SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 341211422SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 342221092SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 343191618Sedwin 3442742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 345248307SedwinZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 34619878Swollman 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 3472742Swollman 3482742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea 3492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3502742SwollmanZone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 35130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 35230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 3532742Swollman 3542742Swollman# Eritrea 3552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356169811SwollmanZone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 357169811Swollman 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 35830711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3592742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3602742Swollman 3612742Swollman# Ethiopia 362158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 363158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 364158421Swollman# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 36530711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 3662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3672742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 36830711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3692742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3702742Swollman 3712742Swollman# Gabon 3722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3732742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 37430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 3752742Swollman 3762742Swollman# Gambia 3772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3782742SwollmanZone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 37919878Swollman -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 38030711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1964 38130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3822742Swollman 3832742Swollman# Ghana 3842742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 385158421Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 386158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 38730711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 38830711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 3892742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3902742SwollmanZone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 3912742Swollman 0:00 Ghana %s 3922742Swollman 3932742Swollman# Guinea 3942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3952742SwollmanZone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 39630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 39730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 39830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3992742Swollman 4002742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 4012742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4022742SwollmanZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 40330711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 40430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4052742Swollman 4062742Swollman# Kenya 4072742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4082742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 4092742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 41030711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 411226289Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 4122742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 4132742Swollman 4142742Swollman# Lesotho 4152742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4162742SwollmanZone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 41730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 4182742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 41930711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 4202742Swollman 4212742Swollman# Liberia 422158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 4232742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 42486222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 42514343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 426158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 427158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 428158421Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 429158421Swollman# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 4302742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4312742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 4322742Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 43319878Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 43430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4352742Swollman 4362742Swollman############################################################################### 4372742Swollman 4382742Swollman# Libya 4392742Swollman 440243003Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 441243003Sedwin# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. 442243003Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ 443243003Sedwin# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc 444243003Sedwin# 445243003Sedwin# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in 446243003Sedwin# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html 447243003Sedwin# 448243003Sedwin# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): 449243003Sedwin# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. 450243003Sedwin# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe 451243003Sedwin# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on 452243003Sedwin# lastFri instead of lastSun). 453243003Sedwin 4542742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 45519878SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 4562742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 45719878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 4582742SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 45919878SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 4602742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 46119878SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 4622742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 46319878SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 46419878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 4652742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 46619878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 467149514SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 468243003SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 469243003SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 470243003SedwinRule Libya 2013 max - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 471243003SedwinRule Libya 2013 max - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - 4722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4732742SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 47419878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 4752742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 47658787Sru 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 477243003Sedwin# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 47858787Sru# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 47958787Sru 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 480243003Sedwin 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 481243003Sedwin 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 482243003Sedwin 1:00 Libya CE%sT 4832742Swollman 4842742Swollman# Madagascar 4852742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4862742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 4872742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 4882742Swollman 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 4892742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 4902742Swollman 4912742Swollman# Malawi 4922742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4932742SwollmanZone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 49430711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4952742Swollman 4962742Swollman# Mali 4972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4982742SwollmanZone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 49930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 50030711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 50130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5022742Swollman 5032742Swollman# Mauritania 5042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5052742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 50630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 50730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 50830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5092742Swollman 5102742Swollman# Mauritius 511181421Sedwin 512181421Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 513181421Sedwin# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 514181421Sedwin# basis.... 515240457Sedwin# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 516181421Sedwin# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 517181421Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 518181424Sedwin 519181421Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 520181421Sedwin# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 521181424Sedwin 522181421Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 523181421Sedwin# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 524181421Sedwin# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 525181421Sedwin# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 526181424Sedwin 527181421Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 528181421Sedwin# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 529181421Sedwin 530181424Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 531181424Sedwin# According to 532181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 533181424Sedwin# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 534181424Sedwin# </a> 535181424Sedwin# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 536181424Sedwin# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 537181424Sedwin# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 538181424Sedwin# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 539240457Sedwin# 540240457Sedwin# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 541240457Sedwin# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 542240457Sedwin# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 543240457Sedwin# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 544240457Sedwin# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 545181424Sedwin# changes two days later. 546181424Sedwin 547181424Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 548181424Sedwin# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 549181424Sedwin# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 550181424Sedwin# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 551181424Sedwin# 552181424Sedwin# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 553181424Sedwin# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 554181424Sedwin# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 555181424Sedwin# ... 556181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 557181424Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 558181424Sedwin# </a> 559181424Sedwin 560183066Sedwin# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 561183066Sedwin# The Government of Mauritius weblink 562192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 563192886Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 564183066Sedwin# </a> 565183066Sedwin# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 566183066Sedwin# 567183066Sedwin# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 568183066Sedwin# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 569183066Sedwin# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 570183066Sedwin# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 571183066Sedwin# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 572183066Sedwin# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 573183066Sedwin# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 574183066Sedwin# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 575183066Sedwin# and end on 29 March 2009. 576183066Sedwin 577183864Sedwin# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 578183864Sedwin# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 579183864Sedwin# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 580183864Sedwin# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 581183864Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 582183864Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 583183864Sedwin# </a> 584183864Sedwin 585196581Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 586196581Sedwin# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 587196581Sedwin# DST the coming summer... 588196581Sedwin# 589196581Sedwin# Some sources, in French: 590196581Sedwin# <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"> 591196581Sedwin# 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 592196581Sedwin# </a> 593196581Sedwin# <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-"> 594196581Sedwin# 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- 595196581Sedwin# </a> 596196581Sedwin# 597196581Sedwin# Our wrap-up: 598196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 599196581Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 600196581Sedwin# </a> 601196581Sedwin 602196581Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 603240457Sedwin# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 604196581Sedwin# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 605196581Sedwin# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 606196581Sedwin 607181421Sedwin# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 608181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 609181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 610196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 611196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 6122742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6132742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 614181421Sedwin 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 6152742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 6162742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 6172742Swollman 6182742Swollman# Mayotte 6192742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 62014343SwollmanZone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 6212742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 6222742Swollman 6232742Swollman# Morocco 62430711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 625181418Sedwin 626181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 627181418Sedwin# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 628181418Sedwin# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 629181418Sedwin# 630181418Sedwin# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 631181418Sedwin# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 632181418Sedwin# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 633181418Sedwin# 634181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 635181418Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 636181418Sedwin# </a> 637181418Sedwin# OR 638181418Sedwin# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 639181418Sedwin# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 640181418Sedwin# </a> 641181418Sedwin 642181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 643181418Sedwin# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 644181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 645181418Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 646181418Sedwin# </a> 647181418Sedwin# 648181418Sedwin# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 649181418Sedwin# spokesman. 650181418Sedwin 651181418Sedwin# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 652181418Sedwin# According to this article: 653181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 654181418Sedwin# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 655181418Sedwin# </a> 656181418Sedwin# (and republished here: 657181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 658181418Sedwin# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 659181418Sedwin# </a> 660181418Sedwin# ) 661181418Sedwin# the changes occurs at midnight: 662181418Sedwin# 663181418Sedwin# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 664181418Sedwin# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 665181418Sedwin# sunday night the 28th at midnight 666181418Sedwin# 667181418Sedwin# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 668181418Sedwin# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 669181418Sedwin# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 670181418Sedwin# june1st to sept 27th. 671181418Sedwin# 672181418Sedwin# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 673181418Sedwin# published on the web. 674181418Sedwin# 675181418Sedwin# It's also confirmed here: 676181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 677181418Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 678181418Sedwin# </a> 679181418Sedwin# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 680181418Sedwin# posted in english). 681181418Sedwin# 682181418Sedwin# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 683181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 684181418Sedwin# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 685181418Sedwin# </a> 686181418Sedwin 687181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 688181418Sedwin# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 689181418Sedwin# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 690181418Sedwin# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 691181418Sedwin# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 692181418Sedwin 693181418Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 694181418Sedwin# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 695181418Sedwin 696183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 697240457Sedwin# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 698240457Sedwin# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 699183066Sedwin# of September: 700183066Sedwin# 701183066Sedwin# One article about it (in French): 702183066Sedwin# <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"> 703183066Sedwin# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 704183066Sedwin# </a> 705183066Sedwin# 706183066Sedwin# We have some further details posted here: 707183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 708183066Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 709183066Sedwin# </a> 710190372Sedwin 711190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 712190372Sedwin# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 713190372Sedwin# to many sources, such as 714190372Sedwin# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 715190372Sedwin# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 716190372Sedwin# </a> 717190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 718190372Sedwin# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 719190372Sedwin# </a> 720190372Sedwin# (French) 721190372Sedwin# 722190372Sedwin# Our summary: 723190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 724190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 725190372Sedwin# </a> 726190372Sedwin 727190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 728190372Sedwin# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 729190372Sedwin# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 730190372Sedwin# 731190372Sedwin# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 732190372Sedwin# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 733190372Sedwin# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 734190372Sedwin# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 735190372Sedwin# 736190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 737190372Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 738190372Sedwin# </a> 739190372Sedwin# 740190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 741190372Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 742190372Sedwin# </a> 743190372Sedwin 744206868Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 745206868Sedwin# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 746206868Sedwin# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 747206868Sedwin# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 748206868Sedwin# 749206868Sedwin# Example: 750206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 751206868Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 752206868Sedwin# </a> 753206868Sedwin# (French) 754206868Sedwin# Our page: 755206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 756206868Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 757206868Sedwin# </a> 758206868Sedwin 759220286Sedwin# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): 760220286Sedwin# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) 761220286Sedwin# The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 762220286Sedwin# The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 763220286Sedwin# ...Official links of change in morocco 764220286Sedwin# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio 765220286Sedwin# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at 766220286Sedwin# +212.537.71.84.00 767220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> 768220286Sedwin# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ 769220286Sedwin# </a> 770220286Sedwin# They said that 771220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> 772220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view 773220286Sedwin# </a> 774220286Sedwin# is the official publication to look at. 775220286Sedwin# They said that the decision was already taken. 776220286Sedwin# 777220286Sedwin# More articles in the press 778220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> 779220286Sedwin# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev 780220286Sedwin# </a> 781220286Sedwin# e.html 782220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> 783220286Sedwin# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 784220286Sedwin# </a> 785220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> 786220286Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim 787220286Sedwin# anche-prochain-5538.html 788220286Sedwin# </a> 789220286Sedwin 790220286Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): 791220286Sedwin# They have it written in English here: 792220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> 793220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view 794220286Sedwin# </a> 795220286Sedwin# 796220286Sedwin# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 797220286Sedwin# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of 798220286Sedwin# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has 799220286Sedwin# also been like that in the past. 800220286Sedwin 801240457Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): 802240457Sedwin# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), 803240457Sedwin# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: 804240457Sedwin# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été 805240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9"> 806240457Sedwin# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 807240457Sedwin# </a> 808240457Sedwin# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on 809240457Sedwin# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on 810240457Sedwin# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) 811240457Sedwin# except the month of Ramadan. 812240457Sedwin# or (brief) 813240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> 814240457Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html 815240457Sedwin# </a> 816240457Sedwin 817240457Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): 818240457Sedwin# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in 819240457Sedwin# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; 820240457Sedwin# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. 821240457Sedwin# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about 822240457Sedwin# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. 823240457Sedwin 824240457Sedwin# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): 825240457Sedwin# Seen Morocco change again: 826240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> 827240457Sedwin# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php 828240457Sedwin# </a> 829240457Sedwin# "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, 830240457Sedwin# comme annoncé précédemment." 831240457Sedwin 832240457Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): 833240457Sedwin# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: 834240457Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288"> 835240457Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] 836240457Sedwin# </a> 837240457Sedwin# 838240457Sedwin# Google translation, lightly edited: 839240457Sedwin# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) 840240457Sedwin# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, 841240457Sedwin# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the 842240457Sedwin# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry 843240457Sedwin# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return 844240457Sedwin# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until 845240457Sedwin# Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from 846240457Sedwin# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes 847240457Sedwin# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. 848240457Sedwin 849248307Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06): 850248307Sedwin# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be 851248307Sedwin# announced a bit in advance. On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government 852248307Sedwin# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be 853248307Sedwin# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see 854248307Sedwin# <http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288>. 855253009Sedwin 856253009Sedwin# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02): 857253009Sedwin# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings 858253009Sedwin# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: 859253009Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10 860253009Sedwin 861253009Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-07-03): 862248307Sedwin# To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years, 863253009Sedwin# transition dates for 2014 through 2021 were determined by running 864248307Sedwin# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3: 865248307Sedwin# 866253009Sedwin# (let ((islamic-year 1435)) 867248307Sedwin# (while (< islamic-year 1444) 868248307Sedwin# (let ((a 869248307Sedwin# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute 870248307Sedwin# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))) 871248307Sedwin# (b 872248307Sedwin# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute 873248307Sedwin# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))))) 874248307Sedwin# (insert 875248307Sedwin# (format 876248307Sedwin# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n" 877248307Sedwin# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n") 878248307Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) 879248307Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) 880248307Sedwin# (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) 881248307Sedwin# 882248307Sedwin# with the results hand-edited for 2020-2022, when the normal spring-forward 883248307Sedwin# date falls during the estimated Ramadan. 884248307Sedwin# 885248307Sedwin# From 2023 through 2038 Ramadan is not predicted to overlap with 886248307Sedwin# daylight saving time. Starting in 2039 there will be overlap again, 887248307Sedwin# but 32-bit time_t values roll around in 2038 so for now do not worry 888248307Sedwin# about dates after 2038. 889248307Sedwin 89020094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 891183066Sedwin 89219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 8932742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 89419878SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 8952742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 89619878SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 8972742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 89819878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 8992742SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 90019878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 9012742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 90219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 9032742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 9042742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 90519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 9062742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 907181418SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 908183066SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 909190372SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 910190372SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 911206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 912206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 913220286SedwinRule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 914220286SedwinRule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - 915248307SedwinRule Morocco 2012 2019 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 916240457SedwinRule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 917240457SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - 918240457SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S 919253009SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - 920253009SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S 921248307SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 29 3:00 0 - 922248307SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Jul 29 2:00 1:00 S 923248307SedwinRule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 18 3:00 0 - 924248307SedwinRule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 18 2:00 1:00 S 925248307SedwinRule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 7 3:00 0 - 926248307SedwinRule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 7 2:00 1:00 S 927248307SedwinRule Morocco 2017 only - May 27 3:00 0 - 928248307SedwinRule Morocco 2017 only - Jun 26 2:00 1:00 S 929248307SedwinRule Morocco 2018 only - May 16 3:00 0 - 930248307SedwinRule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 15 2:00 1:00 S 931248307SedwinRule Morocco 2019 only - May 6 3:00 0 - 932248307SedwinRule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 5 2:00 1:00 S 933248307SedwinRule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S 934248307SedwinRule Morocco 2021 only - May 13 2:00 1:00 S 935248307SedwinRule Morocco 2022 only - May 3 2:00 1:00 S 936248307SedwinRule Morocco 2023 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 937240457Sedwin 9382742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9392742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 94019878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 94119878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 942181418Sedwin 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 94319878Swollman# Western Sahara 94419878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 94530711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 94619878Swollman 0:00 - WET 9478029Swollman 9482742Swollman# Mozambique 9492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9502742SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 95130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 9522742Swollman 9532742Swollman# Namibia 954158421Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 955158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 956169811Swollman 957169811Swollman# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 958169811Swollman# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 959169811Swollman# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 960169811Swollman# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 961169811Swollman# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 962169811Swollman# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 963169811Swollman# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 964169811Swollman# of the country. 965240457Sedwin# 966169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 967169811Swollman# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 968169811Swollman# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 969169811Swollman 97020094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 97120094SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 97220094SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 9732742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9742742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 9752742Swollman 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 97630711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 9772742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 97830711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 97930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 98030711Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 9812742Swollman 9822742Swollman# Niger 9832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 98430711SwollmanZone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 98530711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 98630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1960 98730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 9882742Swollman 9892742Swollman# Nigeria 9902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9912742SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 99230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 9932742Swollman 9942742Swollman# Reunion 9952742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 99614343SwollmanZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 99719878Swollman 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 99843014Swollman# 99943014Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 100043014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from 100158787Sru# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 100258787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 100358787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories. 100443014Swollman# 100543014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited 100643014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 100743014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 100843014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 100943014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 10102742Swollman 10112742Swollman# Rwanda 10122742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10132742SwollmanZone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 101430711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 10152742Swollman 10162742Swollman# St Helena 10172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10182742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 101930711Swollman -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 10202742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 102114343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 102230711Swollman# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 102330711Swollman# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 102458787Sru# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 102558787Sru# on GMT, says the CIA 102630711Swollman# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 102714343Swollman 10282742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe 10292742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10302742SwollmanZone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 103119878Swollman -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 103230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 10332742Swollman 10342742Swollman# Senegal 10352742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10362742SwollmanZone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 103730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 103830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 10392742Swollman 10402742Swollman# Seychelles 10412742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10422742SwollmanZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 104319878Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 104486222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 104586222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 104686222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 104786222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 104886222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 104986222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 10502742Swollman 10512742Swollman# Sierra Leone 10522742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1053158421Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 105430711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 105530711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 105630711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 105730711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 10582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10592742SwollmanZone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 106019878Swollman -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 106130711Swollman -1:00 SL %s 1957 106230711Swollman 0:00 SL %s 10632742Swollman 10642742Swollman# Somalia 10652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10662742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 10672742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1931 106830711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1957 10692742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 10702742Swollman 10712742Swollman# South Africa 10722742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 107330711SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 10742742SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 10752742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10762742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 107730711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 107830711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 107930711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 108058787Sru# scientific station since 1947 10812742Swollman# no information 10822742Swollman 10832742Swollman# Sudan 108458787Sru# 108558787Sru# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 108658787Sru# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 108758787Sru# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 108858787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 108958787Sru# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 109058787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 109158787Sru# 10922742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 109319878SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 109414343SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 109519878SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 109619878SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 10972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10982742SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 109958787Sru 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 110058787Sru 3:00 - EAT 11012742Swollman 1102226289Sedwin# South Sudan 1103226289SedwinZone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 1104226289Sedwin 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 1105226289Sedwin 3:00 - EAT 1106226289Sedwin 11072742Swollman# Swaziland 11082742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11092742SwollmanZone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 111030711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 11112742Swollman 11122742Swollman# Tanzania 11132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11142742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 11152742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1948 1116226289Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 11172742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 11182742Swollman 11192742Swollman# Togo 11202742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11212742SwollmanZone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 112230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 11232742Swollman 11242742Swollman# Tunisia 1125149514Swollman 1126149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 1127149514Swollman# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 1128149514Swollman# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 1129149514Swollman# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 1130149514Swollman# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 1131149514Swollman# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 1132149514Swollman# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 1133149514Swollman# Saturday." (My translation) 1134149514Swollman# 1135149514Swollman# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 1136149514Swollman# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 1137149514Swollman# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 1138149514Swollman# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 1139149514Swollman# 1h standard time. 1140158421Swollman# 1141158421Swollman# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 1142158421Swollman# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 1143158421Swollman# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 1144158421Swollman# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 1145158421Swollman# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 1146149514Swollman 1147190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 1148190372Sedwin# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 1149190372Sedwin# (Arabic) 1150190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 1151190372Sedwin# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 1152190372Sedwin# </a> 1153190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 1154190372Sedwin# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 1155190372Sedwin# </a> 1156190372Sedwin# 1157190372Sedwin# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 1158190372Sedwin# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 1159190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 1160190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 1161190372Sedwin# </a> 1162190372Sedwin 1163190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 1164190372Sedwin# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 1165190372Sedwin# 1166190372Sedwin# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 1167190372Sedwin# 1168190372Sedwin# (in English) 1169190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 1170190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 1171190372Sedwin# </a> 1172190372Sedwin# 1173190372Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1174190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 1175190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 1176190372Sedwin# </a> 1177190372Sedwin 1178190372Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 1179190372Sedwin# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 1180190372Sedwin# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 1181190372Sedwin# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 1182190372Sedwin# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 1183190372Sedwin 1184206868Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 1185206868Sedwin# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 1186206868Sedwin# 1187206868Sedwin# (translation): 1188206868Sedwin# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 1189206868Sedwin# Sunday... 1190206868Sedwin# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 1191206868Sedwin# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 1192206868Sedwin# 1193206868Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1194206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 1195206868Sedwin# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 1196206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 1197206868Sedwin# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 1198206868Sedwin# or 1199206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 1200206868Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 1201206868Sedwin 12022742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 120319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 12042742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 120519878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 12062742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 120719878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 12082742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 120919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 12102742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 121119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 12122742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 121319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 12142742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 12152742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 121619878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 12172742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 121819878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 12192742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 122019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 122120094SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 122219878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 122319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1224149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1225149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1226190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1227190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1228206868Sedwin 1229158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1230158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21. 1231158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 12322742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12332742SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 123414343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 123519878Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 12362742Swollman 12372742Swollman# Uganda 12382742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12392742SwollmanZone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 12402742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 12412742Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1242226289Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 12432742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 12442742Swollman 12452742Swollman# Zambia 12462742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12472742SwollmanZone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 124830711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 12492742Swollman 12502742Swollman# Zimbabwe 12512742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12522742SwollmanZone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 125330711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1254