africa revision 163302
1152344Srodrigc# @(#)africa	8.5
2152344Srodrigc# <pre>
3152344Srodrigc
4152344Srodrigc# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5152344Srodrigc# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6152344Srodrigc# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7152344Srodrigc
8152344Srodrigc# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
9152344Srodrigc#
10152344Srodrigc# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
11152344Srodrigc# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
12152344Srodrigc# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
13152344Srodrigc#
14152344Srodrigc# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
15152344Srodrigc# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
16152344Srodrigc# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
17152344Srodrigc# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
18152344Srodrigc# of the IATA's data after 1990.
19152344Srodrigc#
20152344Srodrigc# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
21152344Srodrigc# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
22152344Srodrigc#
23152344Srodrigc# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
24152344Srodrigc# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
25152344Srodrigc# I found in the UCLA library.
26152344Srodrigc#
27152344Srodrigc# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
28152344Srodrigc# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
29152344Srodrigc#
30152344Srodrigc# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
31152344Srodrigc# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
32152344Srodrigc# but Mark R V Murray reports that
33152344Srodrigc# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
34152344Srodrigc# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
35152344Srodrigc# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
36152344Srodrigc# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
37152344Srodrigc# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
38152344Srodrigc#
39152344Srodrigc# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
40152344Srodrigc# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
41152344Srodrigc# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
42152344Srodrigc# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
43152344Srodrigc# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
44152344Srodrigc#
45152344Srodrigc# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
46152344Srodrigc#	-1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
47152344Srodrigc#	 0:00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
48152344Srodrigc#	 2:00	CAT	Central Africa Time
49152344Srodrigc#	 2:00	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
50152344Srodrigc# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
51152344Srodrigc#	 1:00	WAT	West Africa Time
52152344Srodrigc# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
53152344Srodrigc# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
54152344Srodrigc# until we get more information.
55152344Srodrigc#
56152344Srodrigc# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
57152344Srodrigc#	 2:00	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
58152344Srodrigc#	 2:30	BEAT	British East Africa Time (no longer used)
59152344Srodrigc#	 2:44:45 BEAUT	British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
60152344Srodrigc#	 3:00	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61152344Srodrigc#	 3:00	SAST	South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
62152344Srodrigc#	 3:00	EAT	East Africa Time
63152344Srodrigc#	 4:00	EAST	East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
64152344Srodrigc
65152344Srodrigc# Algeria
66152344Srodrigc# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
67152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
68152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
69152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
70152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
71152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
72152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
73152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
74152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
75152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
76152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
77152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
78152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
79152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
80152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
81152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
82152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
83164977SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
84152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
85152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
86186291SobrienRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
87164977SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
88152344SrodrigcRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
89152344Srodrigc# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
90152344Srodrigc# more precise 0:09:21.
91152344Srodrigc# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
92152344SrodrigcZone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
93152344Srodrigc			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
94152344Srodrigc			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25 2:00
95152344Srodrigc			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
96152344Srodrigc			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
97152344Srodrigc			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
98152344Srodrigc			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
99152344Srodrigc			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
100152344Srodrigc			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
101152344Srodrigc			1:00	-	CET
102152344Srodrigc
103152344Srodrigc# Angola
104152354Srodrigc# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
105152344SrodrigcZone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
106152344Srodrigc			0:52:04	-	AOT	1911 May 26 # Angola Time
107152344Srodrigc			1:00	-	WAT
108152344Srodrigc
109152344Srodrigc# Benin
110152344Srodrigc# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
111152344Srodrigc# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
112152344Srodrigc# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
113152344SrodrigcZone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
114152344Srodrigc			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
115152344Srodrigc			1:00	-	WAT
116152344Srodrigc
117152344Srodrigc# Botswana
118152344Srodrigc# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
119152344SrodrigcZone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
120152344Srodrigc			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19 2:00
121152344Srodrigc			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
122152344Srodrigc			2:00	-	CAT
123152354Srodrigc
124152354Srodrigc# Burkina Faso
125152354Srodrigc# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
126164977SrodrigcZone Africa/Ouagadougou	-0:06:04 -	LMT	1912
127152344Srodrigc			 0:00	-	GMT
128231591Sjh
129231591Sjh# Burundi
130231591Sjh# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
131231591SjhZone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
132231591Sjh			2:00	-	CAT
133152344Srodrigc
134# Cameroon
135# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
136# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
137Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
138			1:00	-	WAT
139
140# Cape Verde
141# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
142Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1907			# Praia
143			-2:00	-	CVT	1942 Sep
144			-2:00	1:00	CVST	1945 Oct 15
145			-2:00	-	CVT	1975 Nov 25 2:00
146			-1:00	-	CVT
147
148# Central African Republic
149# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
150Zone	Africa/Bangui	1:14:20	-	LMT	1912
151			1:00	-	WAT
152
153# Chad
154# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
155Zone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912
156			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
157			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
158			1:00	-	WAT
159
160# Comoros
161# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
162Zone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul   # Moroni, Gran Comoro
163			3:00	-	EAT
164
165# Democratic Republic of Congo
166# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
167Zone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
168			1:00	-	WAT
169Zone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
170			2:00	-	CAT
171
172# Republic of the Congo
173# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
174Zone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
175			1:00	-	WAT
176
177# Cote D'Ivoire
178# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
179Zone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912
180			 0:00	-	GMT
181
182# Djibouti
183# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
184Zone	Africa/Djibouti	2:52:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul
185			3:00	-	EAT
186
187###############################################################################
188
189# Egypt
190
191# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
192Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
193Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
194Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
195Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
196Rule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
197Rule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
198Rule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
199Rule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
200Rule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
201Rule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
202Rule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
203Rule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
204Rule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
205Rule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
206Rule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
207Rule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
208Rule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
209Rule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
210Rule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
211# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
212# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
213Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
214Rule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
215# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
216# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
217# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
218# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
219# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
220Rule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	23:00s	0	-
221Rule	Egypt	2007	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
222
223# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
224Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
225			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
226
227# Equatorial Guinea
228# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
229Zone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
230			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
231			1:00	-	WAT
232
233# Eritrea
234# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
235Zone	Africa/Asmera	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
236			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmera Mean Time
237			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
238			3:00	-	EAT
239
240# Ethiopia
241# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
242# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
243# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
244# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
245# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
246Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
247			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
248			3:00	-	EAT
249
250# Gabon
251# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
252Zone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
253			1:00	-	WAT
254
255# Gambia
256# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
257Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
258			-1:06:36 -	BMT	1935	# Banjul Mean Time
259			-1:00	-	WAT	1964
260			 0:00	-	GMT
261
262# Ghana
263# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
264# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
265# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
266Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	GHST
267Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	GMT
268# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
269Zone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
270			 0:00	Ghana	%s
271
272# Guinea
273# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
274Zone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
275			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
276			-1:00	-	WAT	1960
277			 0:00	-	GMT
278
279# Guinea-Bissau
280# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
281Zone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1911 May 26
282			-1:00	-	WAT	1975
283			 0:00	-	GMT
284
285# Kenya
286# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
287Zone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
288			3:00	-	EAT	1930
289			2:30	-	BEAT	1940
290			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1960
291			3:00	-	EAT
292
293# Lesotho
294# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
295Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
296			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19 2:00
297			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
298			2:00	-	SAST
299
300# Liberia
301# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
302# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
303# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
304# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
305# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
306# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
307# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
308# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
309# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
310Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
311			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
312			-0:44:30 -	LRT	1972 May # Liberia Time
313			 0:00	-	GMT
314
315###############################################################################
316
317# Libya
318
319# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
320Rule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
321Rule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
322Rule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
323Rule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
324Rule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
325Rule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
326Rule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
327Rule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
328Rule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
329Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
330Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
331Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
332Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
333# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
334Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
335			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
336			2:00	-	EET	1982
337			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
338# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
339# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
340			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
341			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
342			1:00	1:00	CEST	1997 Oct  4
343			2:00	-	EET
344
345# Madagascar
346# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
347Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
348			3:00	-	EAT	1954 Feb 27 23:00s
349			3:00	1:00	EAST	1954 May 29 23:00s
350			3:00	-	EAT
351
352# Malawi
353# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
354Zone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
355			2:00	-	CAT
356
357# Mali
358# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
359Zone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
360			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
361			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Jun 20
362			 0:00	-	GMT
363
364# Mauritania
365# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
366Zone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
367			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
368			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Nov 28
369			 0:00	-	GMT
370
371# Mauritius
372# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
373Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
374			4:00	-	MUT	# Mauritius Time
375# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
376# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
377
378# Mayotte
379# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
380Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
381			3:00	-	EAT
382
383# Morocco
384# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
385# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
386Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
387Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
388Rule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	S
389Rule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
390Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	S
391Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
392Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	S
393Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
394Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	S
395Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
396Rule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
397Rule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
398Rule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
399Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
400Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
401# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
402Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
403			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
404			 1:00	-	CET	1986
405			 0:00	-	WET
406# Western Sahara
407Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
408			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
409			 0:00	-	WET
410
411# Mozambique
412# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
413Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
414			2:00	-	CAT
415
416# Namibia
417# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
418# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
419# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
420Rule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
421Rule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
422# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
423Zone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
424			1:30	-	SWAT	1903 Mar	# SW Africa Time
425			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20 2:00
426			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21 2:00
427			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
428			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Apr  3
429			1:00	Namibia	WA%sT
430
431# Niger
432# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
433Zone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
434			-1:00	-	WAT	1934 Feb 26
435			 0:00	-	GMT	1960
436			 1:00	-	WAT
437
438# Nigeria
439# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
440Zone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
441			1:00	-	WAT
442
443# Reunion
444# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
445Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
446			4:00	-	RET	# Reunion Time
447#
448# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
449# The following information about them is taken from
450# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
451# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
452# We have no info about their time zone histories.
453#
454# Bassas da India - uninhabited
455# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
456# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
457# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
458# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
459
460# Rwanda
461# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
462Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
463			2:00	-	CAT
464
465# St Helena
466# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
467Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
468			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
469			 0:00	-	GMT
470# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
471#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
472#	Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
473#	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
474#		on GMT, says the CIA
475#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
476
477# Sao Tome and Principe
478# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
479Zone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
480			-0:36:32 -	LMT	1912	# Lisbon Mean Time
481			 0:00	-	GMT
482
483# Senegal
484# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
485Zone	Africa/Dakar	-1:09:44 -	LMT	1912
486			-1:00	-	WAT	1941 Jun
487			 0:00	-	GMT
488
489# Seychelles
490# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
491Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
492			4:00	-	SCT	# Seychelles Time
493# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
494# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
495# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
496# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976.  We don't know
497# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
498# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
499
500# Sierra Leone
501# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
502# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
503Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
504Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
505Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
506Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	GMT
507# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
508Zone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
509			-0:53:00 -	FMT	1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
510			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
511			 0:00	SL	%s
512
513# Somalia
514# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
515Zone Africa/Mogadishu	3:01:28 -	LMT	1893 Nov
516			3:00	-	EAT	1931
517			2:30	-	BEAT	1957
518			3:00	-	EAT
519
520# South Africa
521# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
522Rule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
523Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
524# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
525Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
526			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
527			2:00	SA	SAST
528# Marion and Prince Edward Is
529# scientific station since 1947
530# no information
531
532# Sudan
533#
534# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
535# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
536# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
537# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
538# Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
539# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
540#
541# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
542Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
543Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
544Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
545Rule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
546# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
547Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
548			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
549			3:00	-	EAT
550
551# Swaziland
552# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
553Zone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
554			2:00	-	SAST
555
556# Tanzania
557# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
558Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
559			3:00	-	EAT	1948
560			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1961
561			3:00	-	EAT
562
563# Togo
564# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
565Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
566			0:00	-	GMT
567
568# Tunisia
569
570# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
571# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
572# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
573# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
574# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
575# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
576# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
577# Saturday."  (My translation)
578#
579# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
580# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
581# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
582# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
583# 1h standard time.
584#
585# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
586# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
587# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
588# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
589# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
590
591# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
592Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
593Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
594Rule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
595Rule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
596Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
597Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
598Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
599Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
600Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
601Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
602Rule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
603Rule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
604Rule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
605Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
606Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
607Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
608Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
609Rule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
610Rule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
611Rule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
612Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
613Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
614Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
615Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
616Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
617# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
618# more precise 0:09:21.
619# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
620# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
621Zone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
622			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
623			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
624
625# Uganda
626# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
627Zone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
628			3:00	-	EAT	1930
629			2:30	-	BEAT	1948
630			2:44:45	-	BEAUT	1957
631			3:00	-	EAT
632
633# Zambia
634# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
635Zone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
636			2:00	-	CAT
637
638# Zimbabwe
639# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
640Zone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
641			2:00	-	CAT
642