africa revision 86222
1169811Swollman# @(#)africa 7.36 2153761Swollman 367578Swollman# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/africa 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z wollman $ 42742Swollman 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 72742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 8158421Swollman 92742Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): 102742Swollman# 11158421Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 12158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 132742Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 1486222Swollman# 1520094Swollman# 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. 20158421Swollman# 21158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 2220094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 232742Swollman# 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. 2714343Swollman# 2858787Sru# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 2914343Swollman# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 3030711Swollman# 3130711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 32149514Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 3330711Swollman# but Mark R V Murray <markm@grondar.za> reports that 3430711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 3530711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 3630711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 3730711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 382742Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 3930711Swollman# 4030711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 4130711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 4230711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 4330711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 442742Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 4530711Swollman# 4630711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 4730711Swollman# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 4830711Swollman# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 4930711Swollman# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 5030711Swollman# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 5130711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 5230711Swollman# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 5330711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 5430711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 552742Swollman# until we get more information. 5630711Swollman# 5730711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 5830711Swollman# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 5986222Swollman# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 6030711Swollman# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 6130711Swollman# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 622742Swollman# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 6330711Swollman# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 642742Swollman# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 652742Swollman 662742Swollman# Algeria 6719878Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 68158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 6919878SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 - 7019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 7119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 7219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 732742SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 7419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 752742SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 7619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 772742SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 78158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 792742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S 802742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 8119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 822742SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 8319878SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 842742SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 8519878SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 862742SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 8719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 882742SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 89158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 90158421Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 912742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 922742SwollmanZone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 9314343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 9419878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 9519878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 962742Swollman 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 9719878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 9819878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 9919878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 10019878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 10119878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1022742Swollman 1032742Swollman# Angola 1042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1052742SwollmanZone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 10686222Swollman 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 10730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1082742Swollman 1092742Swollman# Benin 110158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. 111158421Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1122742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 1132742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 11430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 11530711Swollman 1162742Swollman# Botswana 1172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1182742SwollmanZone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 1192742Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 12030711Swollman 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 12130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 12230711Swollman 1232742Swollman# Burkina Faso 1242742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1252742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 1262742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 12730711Swollman 1282742Swollman# Burundi 1292742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1302742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 1312742Swollman 2:00 - CAT 13230711Swollman 1332742Swollman# Cameroon 1342742Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks. 135158421Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1362742SwollmanZone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 1372742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 13830711Swollman 1392742Swollman# Cape Verde 1402742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1412742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 1422742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 1432742Swollman -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 1442742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 1452742Swollman -1:00 - CVT 14619878Swollman 1472742Swollman# Central African Republic 1482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1492742SwollmanZone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 1502742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 15130711Swollman 1522742Swollman# Chad 1532742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1542742SwollmanZone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 1552742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 15630711Swollman 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 15730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 15830711Swollman 1592742Swollman# Comoros 1602742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1612742SwollmanZone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 1622742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1632742Swollman 1642742Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo 16530711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1662742SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 16730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 16830711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 16930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 17030711Swollman 17130711Swollman# Republic of the Congo 17230711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 17330711SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 1742742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 17530711Swollman 1762742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire 1772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1782742SwollmanZone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 1792742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 18030711Swollman 1812742Swollman# Djibouti 1822742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1832742SwollmanZone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1842742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1852742Swollman 1862742Swollman############################################################################### 1872742Swollman 1882742Swollman# Egypt 1892742Swollman 1902742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1912742SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 19219878SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1932742SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 19419878SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1952742SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 19619878SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 1972742SwollmanRule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 1982742SwollmanRule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 19919878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 20019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 2012742SwollmanRule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 20219878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 20319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 2042742SwollmanRule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 20530711SwollmanRule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 20619878SwollmanRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 20719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 20819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 20919878SwollmanRule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 21030711Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 21143014Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 21243543SwollmanRule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 21358787SruRule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 214163302Sru 215163302Sru# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 216163302SruZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 217163302Sru 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 218163302Sru 219163302Sru# Equatorial Guinea 220163302Sru# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 221163302SruZone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 22220094Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 2232742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2242742Swollman 22519878Swollman# Eritrea 2262742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2272742SwollmanZone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 2282742Swollman 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time 2292742Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 23030711Swollman 3:00 - EAT 23130711Swollman 2322742Swollman# Ethiopia 2332742Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): 2342742Swollman# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between 235169811Swollman# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 236169811Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 23730711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2382742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 2392742Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 2402742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 241158421Swollman 242158421Swollman# Gabon 243158421Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24430711SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 2452742Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2462742Swollman 24730711Swollman# Gambia 2482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2492742SwollmanZone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 2502742Swollman -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 2512742Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1964 2522742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 25330711Swollman 2542742Swollman# Ghana 2552742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2562742Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks. 2572742SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 25819878SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 25930711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 26030711SwollmanZone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 2612742Swollman 0:00 Ghana %s 2622742Swollman 2632742Swollman# Guinea 264158421Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 265158421SwollmanZone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 26630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 26730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 2682742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2692742Swollman 2702742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 2712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2722742SwollmanZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 2732742Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 2742742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 27530711Swollman 27630711Swollman# Kenya 27730711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2782742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2792742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 2802742Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2812742Swollman 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 28230711Swollman 3:00 - EAT 28330711Swollman 2842742Swollman# Lesotho 2852742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2862742SwollmanZone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 2872742Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 2882742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 28930711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 29086222Swollman 2912742Swollman# Liberia 2922742Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2001-07-17): 2932742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 2942742Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 2952742Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 29630711Swollman# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. 2972742Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman 29830711Swollman# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 2992742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3002742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 301158421Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 3022742Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 30386222Swollman 0:00 - GMT 30414343Swollman 305158421Swollman############################################################################### 306158421Swollman 307158421Swollman# Libya 308158421Swollman 3092742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3102742SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 3112742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 31219878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 31330711SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 3142742SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 3152742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 3162742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 3172742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 3182742SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 3192742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 32019878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 3212742SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 32219878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 3232742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 32419878SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 3252742Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 32619878Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 3272742Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 32819878Swollman# The following entries are all from Shanks; 32919878Swollman# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 3302742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 33119878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 332149514Swollman 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 3332742Swollman 2:00 - EET 3342742Swollman 33519878Swollman# Madagascar 3362742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 33758787SruZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 338158421Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 33958787Sru 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 34058787Sru 3:00 - EAT 34158787Sru 34258787Sru# Malawi 34343014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3442742SwollmanZone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 3452742Swollman 2:00 - CAT 3462742Swollman 3472742Swollman# Mali 3482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3492742SwollmanZone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 3502742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 3512742Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 3522742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3532742Swollman# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit 3542742SwollmanZone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 35530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3562742Swollman 3572742Swollman# Mauritania 3582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3592742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 36030711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 36130711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 36230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3632742Swollman 3642742Swollman# Mauritius 3652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3662742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 36730711Swollman 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time 36830711Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 36930711Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 3702742Swollman 3712742Swollman# Mayotte 3722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3732742SwollmanZone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 37419878Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3752742Swollman 3762742Swollman# Morocco 3772742Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 3782742Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3792742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 38014343SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 3812742SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 3822742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 3832742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 38430711SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 38520094SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 38619878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 3872742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 38819878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 3892742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 39019878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 3912742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 39219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 3932742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 39419878Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3952742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 39619878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 3972742Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 3982742Swollman 0:00 - WET 39919878Swollman# Western Sahara 4002742SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 4012742Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 4022742Swollman 0:00 - WET 40319878Swollman 40419878Swollman# Mozambique 4052742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 40619878SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 40719878Swollman 2:00 - CAT 40830711Swollman 40919878Swollman# Namibia 4108029Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks. 4112742Swollman# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 4122742Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4132742SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 41430711SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 4152742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4162742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 417158421Swollman 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 418158421Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 419169811Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 420169811Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 421169811Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 422169811Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 423169811Swollman 424169811Swollman# Niger 425169811Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 426169811SwollmanZone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 427169811Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 428169811Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1960 429169811Swollman 1:00 - WAT 430169811Swollman 431169811Swollman# Nigeria 432169811Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 43320094SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 43420094Swollman 1:00 - WAT 43520094Swollman 4362742Swollman# Reunion 4372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4382742SwollmanZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 43930711Swollman 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 4402742Swollman# 44130711Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 44230711Swollman# The following information about them is taken from 44330711Swollman# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 4442742Swollman# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 4452742Swollman# We have no info about their time zone histories. 4462742Swollman# 44730711Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited 44830711Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 44930711Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 45030711Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 4512742Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 4522742Swollman 4532742Swollman# Rwanda 4542742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 45530711SwollmanZone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 4562742Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4572742Swollman 4582742Swollman# St Helena 45914343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 46019878SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 46143014Swollman -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 46243014Swollman 0:00 - GMT 46343014Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 46458787Sru# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 46558787Sru# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 46658787Sru# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 46743014Swollman# on GMT, says the CIA 46843014Swollman# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 46943014Swollman 47043014Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe 47143014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 47243014SwollmanZone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 4732742Swollman -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 4742742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4752742Swollman 4762742Swollman# Senegal 47730711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4782742SwollmanZone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 4792742Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 4802742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4812742Swollman 48230711Swollman# Seychelles 4832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 48414343SwollmanZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 48530711Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 48630711Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 48758787Sru# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 48858787Sru# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 48930711Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 49014343Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 4912742Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 4922742Swollman 4932742Swollman# Sierra Leone 49419878Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 49530711Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks. 4962742SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 4972742SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 4982742SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 4992742SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 50030711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 50130711SwollmanZone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 5022742Swollman -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 5032742Swollman -1:00 SL %s 1957 5042742Swollman 0:00 SL %s 5052742Swollman 50619878Swollman# Somalia 50786222Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 50886222SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 50986222Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1931 51086222Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1957 51186222Swollman 3:00 - EAT 51286222Swollman 5132742Swollman# South Africa 5142742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5152742SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 516158421SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 51730711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 51830711SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 51930711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 52030711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 5212742Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 5222742Swollman# scientific station since 1947 52319878Swollman# no information 52430711Swollman 52530711Swollman# Sudan 5262742Swollman# 5272742Swollman# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 5282742Swollman# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 5292742Swollman# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 5302742Swollman# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 53130711Swollman# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 5322742Swollman# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 5332742Swollman# 5342742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5352742SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 53630711SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 5372742SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 5382742SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 5392742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 54030711SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 54130711Swollman 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 54230711Swollman 3:00 - EAT 54358787Sru 5442742Swollman# Swaziland 5452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5462742SwollmanZone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 54758787Sru 2:00 - SAST 54858787Sru 54958787Sru# Tanzania 55058787Sru# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 55158787SruZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 55258787Sru 3:00 - EAT 1948 55358787Sru 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 55458787Sru 3:00 - EAT 5552742Swollman 55619878Swollman# Togo 55714343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 55819878SwollmanZone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 55919878Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5602742Swollman 5612742Swollman# Tunisia 56258787Sru# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 56358787SruRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 5642742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 5652742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 5662742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 5672742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 56830711SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 5692742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 5702742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 5712742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 5722742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 5732742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 57486222SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 5752742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 5762742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 5772742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 5782742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 5792742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 58030711SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 5812742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 5822742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 583149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 584149514Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 585149514Swollman# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 586149514Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 587149514SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 588149514Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 589149514Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 590149514Swollman 591149514Swollman# Uganda 592149514Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 593149514SwollmanZone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 594149514Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 595149514Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1948 596149514Swollman 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 597149514Swollman 3:00 - EAT 598158421Swollman 599158421Swollman# Zambia 600158421Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 601158421SwollmanZone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 602158421Swollman 2:00 - CAT 603158421Swollman 604149514Swollman# Zimbabwe 6052742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 60619878SwollmanZone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 6072742Swollman 2:00 - CAT 60819878Swollman