1192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 367578Swollman 4309568Sglebius# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 52742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 6309568Sglebius# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see 7309568Sglebius# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. 82742Swollman 9309568Sglebius# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): 102742Swollman# 11309568Sglebius# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 12158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14309568Sglebius# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 152742Swollman# 1686222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 1720094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 1820094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 1920094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 20309568Sglebius# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, 21309568Sglebius# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 2220094Swollman# 232742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 242742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 252742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 262742Swollman# 27248310Sedwin# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 28309568Sglebius# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. 29309568Sglebius# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 30248310Sedwin# 3114343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 3258787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 3314343Swollman# 3430711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 3530711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 36149514Swollman# but Mark R V Murray reports that 37273438Sdelphij# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 38273438Sdelphij# 'CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 39273438Sdelphij# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 40273438Sdelphij# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". 41273438Sdelphij# He has heard of "Western Sahara Time" for +0:00 but can find no reference. 422742Swollman# 43273438Sdelphij# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 4430711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 4530711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 4630711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 4730711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 482742Swollman# 4930711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 5030711Swollman# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 5130711Swollman# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 5230711Swollman# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 5330711Swollman# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 5430711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 5530711Swollman# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 56273438Sdelphij# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 5730711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 5830711Swollman# until we get more information. 592742Swollman# 6030711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 6130711Swollman# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 6230711Swollman# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 63226298Sedwin# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 6430711Swollman# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 6530711Swollman# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 662742Swollman# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 672742Swollman 682742Swollman# Algeria 692742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 7019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 71158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 7219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 7319878SwollmanRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 7419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 7519878SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 762742SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 7719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 782742SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 7919878SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 802742SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 81158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 822742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 832742SwollmanRule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 8419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 852742SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 8619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 872742SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 8819878SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 892742SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 9019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 912742SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 92158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 93158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21. 942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95309568SglebiusZone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 96309568Sglebius 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 97309568Sglebius 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 9819878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 992742Swollman 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 10019878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 10119878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 10219878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 10319878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 10419878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1052742Swollman 1062742Swollman# Angola 1072742Swollman# Benin 108309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 1092742Swollman 1102742Swollman# Botswana 111309568Sglebius# See Africa/Maputo. 1122742Swollman 1132742Swollman# Burkina Faso 114273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 1152742Swollman 1162742Swollman# Burundi 117309568Sglebius# See Africa/Maputo. 1182742Swollman 1192742Swollman# Cameroon 120309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 1212742Swollman 1222742Swollman# Cape Verde 123309568Sglebius# 124309568Sglebius# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT. 125309568Sglebius# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree 126309568Sglebius# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf 127309568Sglebius# merely made it official? 128309568Sglebius# 1292742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 130309568SglebiusZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 1312742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 1322742Swollman -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 133309568Sglebius -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 13419878Swollman -1:00 - CVT 1352742Swollman 1362742Swollman# Central African Republic 137309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 1382742Swollman 1392742Swollman# Chad 1402742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 141309568SglebiusZone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 14230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 14330711Swollman 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 14430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1452742Swollman 1462742Swollman# Comoros 147309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 1482742Swollman 149309568Sglebius# Democratic Republic of the Congo 150309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. 15130711Swollman 15230711Swollman# Republic of the Congo 153309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 1542742Swollman 155309568Sglebius# C��te d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast 1562742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1572742SwollmanZone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 15830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 159273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali 160273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia 161273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea 162273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal 163273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone 164273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo 165273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania 166273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso 167273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe 168273438SdelphijLink Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena 1692742Swollman 1702742Swollman# Djibouti 171309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 1722742Swollman 1732742Swollman############################################################################### 1742742Swollman 1752742Swollman# Egypt 1762742Swollman 177248310Sedwin# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh 178248310Sedwin# observatory; round to nearest. Milne also says that the official time for 179248310Sedwin# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this 180248310Sedwin# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said. 181248310Sedwin 1822742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 18319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 1842742SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 18519878SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 1862742SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 18719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1882742SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 1892742SwollmanRule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 19019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 19119878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 1922742SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 19319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 19419878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 1952742SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 19630711SwollmanRule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 19719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 19819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 19919878SwollmanRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 20019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 20130711SwollmanRule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 20243014Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 20343543Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 204221092Sedwin 205221092Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): 206221092Sedwin# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight 207221092Sedwin# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of 208221092Sedwin# Egyptians would approve the cancellation." 209221092Sedwin# 210221092Sedwin# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time 211221092Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 212221092Sedwin# or 213221092Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html 214221092SedwinRule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 215267489SedwinRule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - 216163302Sru# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 217163302Sru# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 218163302Sru# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 219163302Sru# after observing the daylight saving time since May. 220163302Sru# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 221267489SedwinRule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - 222171948Sedwin# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 223171948Sedwin# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 224171948Sedwin# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 225273438Sdelphij# From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 226240461Sedwin# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 227171948Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 228172479Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 229172479Sedwin# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 230267489SedwinRule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - 231172479Sedwin# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 232172479Sedwin# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 233172479Sedwin# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 234172479Sedwin# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 235172479Sedwin# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 236172479Sedwin# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 237172479Sedwin# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 238171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 239172479Sedwin# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 24020094Swollman 241191618Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 242191618Sedwin# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 243191618Sedwin# 244191618Sedwin# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 245192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 246191618Sedwin# Apr 23 247192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 248192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 249191618Sedwin# Apr 24 250192886Sedwin# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 251192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 252191618Sedwin# Aug 27 253192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 254192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 255191618Sedwin# Aug 27 256192886Sedwin# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 257191618Sedwin# 258191618Sedwin# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 259191618Sedwin# :59) 260191618Sedwin# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 261191618Sedwin# 262191618Sedwin# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 263191618Sedwin# 264273438Sdelphij# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 265273438Sdelphij# [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 266273438Sdelphij# [3] http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 267191618Sedwin 268191618Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 269191618Sedwin# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 270191618Sedwin# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 271191618Sedwin# in September. 272196582Sedwin 273196582Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 274240461Sedwin# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 275196582Sedwin# Information and Decision Support Center: 276196582Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 277240461Sedwin# 278196582Sedwin# The Middle East News Agency 279196582Sedwin# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 280196582Sedwin# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 281240461Sedwin# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 282196582Sedwin# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 283196582Sedwin# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 284196582Sedwin# (at least today). 285196582Sedwin 286210718Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 287273438Sdelphij# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 288210718Sedwin# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 289210718Sedwin# Ramadan. 290210718Sedwin# 291210718Sedwin# Arabic translation: 292273438Sdelphij# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again" 293210718Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 294210718Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 295210718Sedwin 296265982Sedwin# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): 297265982Sedwin# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 298265982Sedwin# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx 299265982Sedwin 300309568Sglebius# From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13): 301265982Sedwin# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) 302265982Sedwin 303267489Sedwin# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04): 304267489Sedwin# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes 305267489Sedwin# in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at 306267489Sedwin# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ... 307267489Sedwin# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ... 308267489Sedwin# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to 309267489Sedwin# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014, 310267489Sedwin# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014, 311267489Sedwin# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve 312267489Sedwin# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been 313267489Sedwin# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]... 314267489Sedwin# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258 315267489Sedwin 316267489Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04): 317265982Sedwin# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says 318265982Sedwin# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited 319267489Sedwin# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is 320267489Sedwin# no information about when DST will end this fall. See: 321265982Sedwin# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 322309568Sglebius 323309568Sglebius# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): 324309568Sglebius# Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. 325309568Sglebius# This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last 326309568Sglebius# Thursday of April.... Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but 327309568Sglebius# dates not yet announced.... 328309568Sglebius# http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ... 329309568Sglebius# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html 330309568Sglebius 331309568Sglebius# From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20): 332309568Sglebius# Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at 333309568Sglebius# least for 2015. 334265982Sedwin# 335309568Sglebius# From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20): 336309568Sglebius# http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx 337309568Sglebius# "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving 338309568Sglebius# time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the 339309568Sglebius# practice altogether in future years." 340309568Sglebius# 341309568Sglebius# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24): 342309568Sglebius# Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his 343309568Sglebius# decision to abandon DST permanently. See Ahram Online 2015-04-24. 344309568Sglebius# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx 345309568Sglebius 346309568Sglebius# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29): 347309568Sglebius# Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October.... 348309568Sglebius# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx 349309568Sglebius# From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): 350309568Sglebius# Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, 351309568Sglebius 352267489SedwinRule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - 353267489SedwinRule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - 354267489SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - 355267489SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S 356267489SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - 357265982SedwinRule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S 358267489SedwinRule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - 359267489SedwinRule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S 360309568SglebiusRule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - 361191618Sedwin 3622742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 363248310SedwinZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 36419878Swollman 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 3652742Swollman 3662742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea 367309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 3682742Swollman 3692742Swollman# Eritrea 3702742Swollman# Ethiopia 371309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 3722742Swollman 3732742Swollman# Gabon 374309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 3752742Swollman 3762742Swollman# Gambia 377273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 3782742Swollman 3792742Swollman# Ghana 3802742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 381273438Sdelphij# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present"; 382273438Sdelphij# Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942; 383273438Sdelphij# and September 1 to January 1 is given by: 384273438Sdelphij# Scott Keltie J, Epstein M (eds), The Statesman's Year-Book, 385273438Sdelphij# 57th ed. Macmillan, London (1920), OCLC 609408015, pp xxviii. 386273438Sdelphij# For lack of better info, assume DST was observed from 1920 to 1942. 387273438SdelphijRule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 388273438SdelphijRule Ghana 1920 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 394273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 3952742Swollman 3962742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 397309568Sglebius# 398309568Sglebius# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, 399309568Sglebius# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree 400309568Sglebius# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf 401309568Sglebius# with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01. 402309568Sglebius# 4032742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 404309568SglebiusZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 40530711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 40630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4072742Swollman 4082742Swollman# Kenya 4092742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4102742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 4112742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 41230711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 413226298Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 4142742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 415309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia 416309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea 417309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania 418309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti 419309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda 420309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia 421309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar 422309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro 423309568SglebiusLink Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte 4242742Swollman 4252742Swollman# Lesotho 426309568Sglebius# See Africa/Johannesburg. 4272742Swollman 4282742Swollman# Liberia 429158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 4302742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 43186222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 43214343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 433158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 434158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 435158421Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 436158421Swollman# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 4372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4382742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 4392742Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 44019878Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 44130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4422742Swollman 4432742Swollman############################################################################### 4442742Swollman 4452742Swollman# Libya 4462742Swollman 447243020Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 448243020Sedwin# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. 449243020Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ 450243020Sedwin# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc 451243020Sedwin# 452243020Sedwin# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in 453243020Sedwin# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html 454243020Sedwin# 455243020Sedwin# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): 456243020Sedwin# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. 457243020Sedwin# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe 458243020Sedwin# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on 459243020Sedwin# lastFri instead of lastSun). 460243020Sedwin 461257682Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25): 462257682Sedwin# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was 463257682Sedwin# cancelled yesterday.... 464257682Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ 465257682Sedwin# 466257682Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): 467309568Sglebius# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02. 468257682Sedwin 4692742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 47019878SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 4712742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 47219878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 4732742SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 47419878SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 4752742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 47619878SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 4772742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 47819878SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 47919878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 4802742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 48119878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 482149514SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 483243020SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 484243020SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 485257682SedwinRule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 486257682SedwinRule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - 4872742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4882742SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 48919878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 4902742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 49158787Sru 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 492243020Sedwin# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 493309568Sglebius# the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors. 49458787Sru 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 495243020Sedwin 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 496309568Sglebius 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 497309568Sglebius 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 498257682Sedwin 2:00 - EET 4992742Swollman 5002742Swollman# Madagascar 501309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 5022742Swollman 5032742Swollman# Malawi 504309568Sglebius# See Africa/Maputo. 5052742Swollman 5062742Swollman# Mali 5072742Swollman# Mauritania 508273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 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.... 515240461Sedwin# 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# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 533181424Sedwin# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 534181424Sedwin# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 535181424Sedwin# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 536181424Sedwin# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 537240461Sedwin# 538240461Sedwin# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 539240461Sedwin# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 540240461Sedwin# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 541240461Sedwin# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 542240461Sedwin# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 543181424Sedwin# changes two days later. 544181424Sedwin 545181424Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 546181424Sedwin# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 547309568Sglebius# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 548181424Sedwin# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 549181424Sedwin# 550181424Sedwin# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 551273438Sdelphij# de l'heure d'��t��" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 552273438Sdelphij# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.... 553181424Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 554181424Sedwin 555183066Sedwin# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 556183066Sedwin# The Government of Mauritius weblink 557192886Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 558183066Sedwin# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 559183066Sedwin# 560183066Sedwin# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 561183066Sedwin# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 562183066Sedwin# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 563183066Sedwin# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 564183066Sedwin# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 565183066Sedwin# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 566183066Sedwin# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 567273438Sdelphij# year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 568183066Sedwin# and end on 29 March 2009. 569183066Sedwin 570183864Sedwin# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 571183864Sedwin# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 572183864Sedwin# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 573183864Sedwin# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 574183864Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 575183864Sedwin 576196581Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 577196581Sedwin# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 578196581Sedwin# DST the coming summer... 579196581Sedwin# 580196581Sedwin# Some sources, in French: 581196581Sedwin# 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 582196581Sedwin# 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- 583196581Sedwin# 584196581Sedwin# Our wrap-up: 585196581Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 586196581Sedwin 587196581Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 588240461Sedwin# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 589196581Sedwin# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 590196581Sedwin# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 591196581Sedwin 592181421Sedwin# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 593181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 594181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 595196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 596196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 5972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 598309568SglebiusZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 599181421Sedwin 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 6002742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 6012742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 6022742Swollman 6032742Swollman# Mayotte 604309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 6052742Swollman 6062742Swollman# Morocco 607273438Sdelphij# See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 608181418Sedwin 609181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 610181418Sedwin# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 611181418Sedwin# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 612181418Sedwin# 613181418Sedwin# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 614181418Sedwin# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 615273438Sdelphij# Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 616181418Sedwin# 617181418Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 618181418Sedwin# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 619181418Sedwin 620181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 621309568Sglebius# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe 622309568Sglebius# Presse: 623181418Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 624181418Sedwin# 625181418Sedwin# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 626181418Sedwin# spokesman. 627181418Sedwin 628181418Sedwin# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 629181418Sedwin# According to this article: 630181418Sedwin# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 631273438Sdelphij# (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>) 632273438Sdelphij# the changes occur at midnight: 633181418Sedwin# 634273438Sdelphij# Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be 635273438Sdelphij# interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday) 636273438Sdelphij# Sunday night the 28th at midnight 637181418Sedwin# 638273438Sdelphij# Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 639273438Sdelphij# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and 640273438Sdelphij# Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 641273438Sdelphij# June 1st to Sept 27th. 642181418Sedwin# 643181418Sedwin# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 644181418Sedwin# published on the web. 645181418Sedwin# 646181418Sedwin# It's also confirmed here: 647181418Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 648273438Sdelphij# on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet 649273438Sdelphij# posted in English). 650181418Sedwin# 651273438Sdelphij# The following Google query will generate many relevant hits: 652181418Sedwin# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 653181418Sedwin 654183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 655240461Sedwin# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 656240461Sedwin# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 657183066Sedwin# of September: 658183066Sedwin# 659183066Sedwin# One article about it (in French): 660183066Sedwin# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 661183066Sedwin# 662183066Sedwin# We have some further details posted here: 663183066Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 664190372Sedwin 665190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 666190372Sedwin# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 667190372Sedwin# to many sources, such as 668190372Sedwin# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 669190372Sedwin# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 670190372Sedwin# (French) 671190372Sedwin# 672190372Sedwin# Our summary: 673190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 674190372Sedwin 675190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 676190372Sedwin# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 677273438Sdelphij# Minist��re de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 678190372Sedwin# 679309568Sglebius# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967) 680190372Sedwin# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 681190372Sedwin# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 682190372Sedwin# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 683190372Sedwin# 684190372Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 685190372Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 686190372Sedwin 687206868Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 688206868Sedwin# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 689206868Sedwin# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 690206868Sedwin# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 691206868Sedwin# 692206868Sedwin# Example: 693206868Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 694206868Sedwin# (French) 695206868Sedwin# Our page: 696206868Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 697206868Sedwin 698220286Sedwin# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): 699220286Sedwin# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) 700309568Sglebius# The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00 701309568Sglebius# The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00 702220286Sedwin# ...Official links of change in morocco 703220286Sedwin# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio 704220286Sedwin# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at 705220286Sedwin# +212.537.71.84.00 706220286Sedwin# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ 707220286Sedwin# They said that 708220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view 709220286Sedwin# is the official publication to look at. 710220286Sedwin# They said that the decision was already taken. 711220286Sedwin# 712220286Sedwin# More articles in the press 713273438Sdelphij# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html 714220286Sedwin# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 715220286Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim 716220286Sedwin 717220286Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): 718220286Sedwin# They have it written in English here: 719220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view 720220286Sedwin# 721220286Sedwin# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 722220286Sedwin# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of 723220286Sedwin# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has 724220286Sedwin# also been like that in the past. 725220286Sedwin 726240461Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): 727273438Sdelphij# According to Infom��diaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), 728273438Sdelphij# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure l��gale: 729273438Sdelphij# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'��t�� 730240461Sedwin# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 731240461Sedwin# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on 732240461Sedwin# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on 733240461Sedwin# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) 734240461Sedwin# except the month of Ramadan. 735240461Sedwin# or (brief) 736240461Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html 737240461Sedwin 738240461Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): 739240461Sedwin# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in 740240461Sedwin# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; 741240461Sedwin# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. 742240461Sedwin# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about 743240461Sedwin# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. 744240461Sedwin 745240461Sedwin# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): 746240461Sedwin# Seen Morocco change again: 747240461Sedwin# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php 748273438Sdelphij# "...�� partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars, 749273438Sdelphij# comme annonc�� pr��c��demment." 750240461Sedwin 751240461Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): 752240461Sedwin# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: 753240461Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] 754240461Sedwin# 755240461Sedwin# Google translation, lightly edited: 756240461Sedwin# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) 757240461Sedwin# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, 758240461Sedwin# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the 759240461Sedwin# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry 760240461Sedwin# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return 761240461Sedwin# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until 762240461Sedwin# Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from 763240461Sedwin# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes 764240461Sedwin# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. 765240461Sedwin 766248310Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06): 767248310Sedwin# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be 768248310Sedwin# announced a bit in advance. On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government 769248310Sedwin# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be 770248310Sedwin# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see 771309568Sglebius# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 772253010Sedwin 773253010Sedwin# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02): 774253010Sedwin# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings 775253010Sedwin# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: 776253010Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10 777253010Sedwin 778257682Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28): 779257682Sedwin# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day 780257682Sedwin# before it was going to end. There is a new decree (2.13.781) for 781257682Sedwin# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00 782257682Sedwin# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules. Official 783257682Sedwin# source (French): 784257682Sedwin# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013 785257682Sedwin# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree): 786257682Sedwin# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html 787257682Sedwin 788263905Sedwin# From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18): 789263905Sedwin# http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp 790263905Sedwin 791267489Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05): 792267489Sedwin# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return 793267489Sedwin# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time.... DST 794267489Sedwin# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014.... 795267489Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586 796267489Sedwin 797309568Sglebius# From Milamber (2015-06-08): 798309568Sglebius# (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes 799309568Sglebius# Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding 800309568Sglebius# that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19, 801309568Sglebius# 2015 at 2:00. The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I 802309568Sglebius# 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of 803309568Sglebius# 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015). 804309568Sglebius# Source (french): 805309568Sglebius# http://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/ 806309568Sglebius# 807309568Sglebius# From Milamber (2015-06-09): 808309568Sglebius# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863 809309568Sglebius# 810309568Sglebius# From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09): 811309568Sglebius# [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go 812309568Sglebius# from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch.... 813309568Sglebius# I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in 814309568Sglebius# <http://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees 815309568Sglebius# with the patch. 816309568Sglebius 817309568Sglebius# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-08): 818309568Sglebius# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2015's rules, 819267489Sedwin# and guess that Morocco will switch to standard time at 03:00 the last 820309568Sglebius# Sunday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Sunday after 821309568Sglebius# Ramadan. To implement this, transition dates for 2016 through 2037 were 822267489Sedwin# determined by running the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the 823267489Sedwin# results integrated by hand into the table below. 824309568Sglebius# (let ((islamic-year 1437)) 825309568Sglebius# (require 'cal-islam) 826267489Sedwin# (while (< islamic-year 1460) 827267489Sedwin# (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) 828267489Sedwin# (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))) 829309568Sglebius# (sunday 0)) 830309568Sglebius# (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7))) 831309568Sglebius# (while (/= sunday (mod b 7)) 832267489Sedwin# (setq b (1+ b))) 833267489Sedwin# (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) 834267489Sedwin# (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) 835267489Sedwin# (insert 836267489Sedwin# (format 837267489Sedwin# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n" 838267489Sedwin# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n") 839267489Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) 840267489Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) 841248310Sedwin# (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) 842248310Sedwin 84320094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 844183066Sedwin 84519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 8462742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 84719878SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 8482742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 84919878SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 8502742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 85119878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 8522742SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 85319878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 8542742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 85519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 8562742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 8572742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 85819878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 8592742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 860181418SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 861183066SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 862190372SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 863267489SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 864206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 865206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 866220286SedwinRule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 867309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - 868267489SedwinRule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 869267489SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - 870267489SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S 871309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 872267489SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - 873267489SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S 874267489SedwinRule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - 875309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2014 2021 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 876267489SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 - 877267489SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 S 878309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 - 879309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 S 880309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 - 881309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 S 882309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 - 883309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 S 884309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 - 885309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 S 886309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 0 - 887309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 1:00 S 888309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 0 - 889309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S 890309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 0 - 891309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 S 892309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 1:00 S 893309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 1:00 S 894309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 S 895309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 S 896267489SedwinRule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 897309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 - 898309568SglebiusRule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 0 - 899240461Sedwin 9002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9012742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 90219878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 90319878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 904181418Sedwin 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 905257682Sedwin 90619878Swollman# Western Sahara 907257682Sedwin# 908257682Sedwin# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22): 909257682Sedwin# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters 910257682Sedwin# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as 911257682Sedwin# Morocco does. 912257682Sedwin# 913257682Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): 914257682Sedwin# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, 915257682Sedwin# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. 916257682Sedwin 917273438SdelphijZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aai��n 91830711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 919257682Sedwin 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 9208029Swollman 9212742Swollman# Mozambique 922309568Sglebius# 923309568Sglebius# Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. 924309568Sglebius# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree 925309568Sglebius# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf 926309568Sglebius# merely made it official? 927309568Sglebius# 9282742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9292742SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 93030711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 931309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi 932309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi 933309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana 934309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe 935309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda 936309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo 937309568SglebiusLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia 9382742Swollman 9392742Swollman# Namibia 940158421Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 941158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 942169811Swollman 943309568Sglebius# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): 944309568Sglebius# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html 945169811Swollman# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 946169811Swollman# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 947169811Swollman# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 948169811Swollman# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 949169811Swollman# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 950169811Swollman# of the country. 951240461Sedwin# 952169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 953169811Swollman# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 954169811Swollman# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 955169811Swollman 95620094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 95720094SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 95820094SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 9592742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9602742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 961309568Sglebius 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 962309568Sglebius 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 963309568Sglebius 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 96430711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 96530711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 96630711Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 9672742Swollman 9682742Swollman# Niger 969309568Sglebius# See Africa/Lagos. 9702742Swollman 9712742Swollman# Nigeria 9722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9732742SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 97430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 975309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African Republic 976309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo 977309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # Cameroon 978309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west) 979309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # Gabon 980309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola 981309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea 982309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger 983309568SglebiusLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin 9842742Swollman 985273438Sdelphij# R��union 9862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 987309568SglebiusZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 988273438Sdelphij 4:00 - RET # R��union Time 98943014Swollman# 990273438Sdelphij# Crozet Islands also observes R��union time; see the 'antarctica' file. 991273438Sdelphij# 992273438Sdelphij# Scattered Islands (��les ��parses) administered from R��union are as follows. 99343014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from 994273438Sdelphij# ��les ��parses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, 995273438Sdelphij# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 99658787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories. 99743014Swollman# 99843014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited 99943014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 100043014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 100143014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 100243014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 10032742Swollman 10042742Swollman# Rwanda 1005309568Sglebius# See Africa/Maputo. 10062742Swollman 10072742Swollman# St Helena 1008273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 100914343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 101030711Swollman# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 1011273438Sdelphij# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA 101258787Sru# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 101358787Sru# on GMT, says the CIA 1014273438Sdelphij# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited 101514343Swollman 1016273438Sdelphij# S��o Tom�� and Pr��ncipe 10172742Swollman# Senegal 1018273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 10192742Swollman 10202742Swollman# Seychelles 10212742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1022309568SglebiusZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 102319878Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 102486222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 102586222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 102686222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 102786222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 102886222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 102986222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 10302742Swollman 10312742Swollman# Sierra Leone 1032273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 10332742Swollman 10342742Swollman# Somalia 1035309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 10362742Swollman 10372742Swollman# South Africa 10382742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 103930711SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 10402742SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 10412742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10422742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 104330711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 104430711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 1045309568SglebiusLink Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho 1046309568SglebiusLink Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland 1047309568Sglebius# 104830711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 104958787Sru# scientific station since 1947 10502742Swollman# no information 10512742Swollman 10522742Swollman# Sudan 105358787Sru# 1054273438Sdelphij# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html> 1055273438Sdelphij# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13), 1056273438Sdelphij# also reported by Micha��l De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 105758787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 105858787Sru# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 105958787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 106058787Sru# 10612742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 106219878SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 106314343SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 106419878SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 106519878SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 10662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10672742SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 106858787Sru 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 106958787Sru 3:00 - EAT 10702742Swollman 1071226298Sedwin# South Sudan 1072257682SedwinLink Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba 1073226298Sedwin 10742742Swollman# Swaziland 1075309568Sglebius# See Africa/Johannesburg. 10762742Swollman 10772742Swollman# Tanzania 1078309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 10792742Swollman 10802742Swollman# Togo 1081273438Sdelphij# See Africa/Abidjan. 10822742Swollman 10832742Swollman# Tunisia 1084149514Swollman 1085149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 1086273438Sdelphij# My correspondent, Risto Nyk��nen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 1087149514Swollman# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 1088149514Swollman# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 1089149514Swollman# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 1090149514Swollman# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 1091149514Swollman# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 1092149514Swollman# Saturday." (My translation) 1093149514Swollman# 1094149514Swollman# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 1095273438Sdelphij# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... 1096309568Sglebius# http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html 1097149514Swollman# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 1098149514Swollman# 1h standard time. 1099158421Swollman# 1100158421Swollman# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 1101158421Swollman# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 1102158421Swollman# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 1103158421Swollman# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 1104158421Swollman# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 1105149514Swollman 1106190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 1107190372Sedwin# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 1108190372Sedwin# (Arabic) 1109190372Sedwin# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 1110190372Sedwin# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 1111190372Sedwin# 1112190372Sedwin# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 1113190372Sedwin# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 1114190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 1115190372Sedwin 1116190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 1117190372Sedwin# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 1118190372Sedwin# 1119190372Sedwin# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 1120190372Sedwin# 1121190372Sedwin# (in English) 1122190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 1123190372Sedwin# 1124190372Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1125190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 1126190372Sedwin 1127273438Sdelphij# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18): 1128273438Sdelphij# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is 1129273438Sdelphij# due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period 1130273438Sdelphij# concerned by summer time. Therefore, the standard time will be kept 1131273438Sdelphij# unchanged the whole year long." So foregoing DST seems to be an exception 1132273438Sdelphij# (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 1133190372Sedwin 1134206868Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 1135206868Sedwin# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 1136206868Sedwin# 1137206868Sedwin# (translation): 1138206868Sedwin# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 1139206868Sedwin# Sunday... 1140206868Sedwin# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 1141206868Sedwin# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 1142206868Sedwin# 1143206868Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1144206868Sedwin# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 1145206868Sedwin# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 1146206868Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 1147206868Sedwin 11482742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 114919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 11502742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 115119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 11522742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 115319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 11542742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 115519878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 11562742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 115719878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 11582742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 115919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 11602742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 11612742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 116219878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 11632742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 116419878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 11652742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 116619878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 116720094SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 116819878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 116919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1170149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1171149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1172190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1173190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1174206868Sedwin 1175158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1176158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21. 1177158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 11782742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11792742SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1180309568Sglebius 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 118119878Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 11822742Swollman 11832742Swollman# Uganda 1184309568Sglebius# See Africa/Nairobi. 11852742Swollman 11862742Swollman# Zambia 11872742Swollman# Zimbabwe 1188309568Sglebius# See Africa/Maputo. 1189