africa revision 171948
1# @(#)africa 8.9 2# <pre> 3 4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 7 8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 9# 10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 11# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 13# 14# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 15# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 16# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 17# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 18# of the IATA's data after 1990. 19# 20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 21# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 22# 23# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 24# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 25# I found in the UCLA library. 26# 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 29# 30# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 31# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 32# but Mark R V Murray reports that 33# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 34# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 35# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 36# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 37# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 38# 39# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 40# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 41# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 42# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 43# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 44# 45# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 46# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 47# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 48# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 49# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 50# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 51# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 52# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 53# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 54# until we get more information. 55# 56# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 57# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 58# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 59# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 60# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 61# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 62# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 63# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 64 65# Algeria 66# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 67Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 68Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 69Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 70Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 71Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 72Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 74Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 76Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 78Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 79Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 80Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 81Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 83Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 84Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 85Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 87Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 89# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 90# more precise 0:09:21. 91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 92Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 93 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 94 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 95 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 96 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 97 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 98 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 99 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 100 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 101 1:00 - CET 102 103# Angola 104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 105Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 106 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 107 1:00 - WAT 108 109# Benin 110# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 111# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 113Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 114 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 115 1:00 - WAT 116 117# Botswana 118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 119Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 120 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 121 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 122 2:00 - CAT 123 124# Burkina Faso 125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 126Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 127 0:00 - GMT 128 129# Burundi 130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 131Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 132 2:00 - CAT 133 134# 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 - 221# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 222# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 223# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 224# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 225# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 226# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 227# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 228# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is first Thursday. 229Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 230 231# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 232Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 233 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 234 235# Equatorial Guinea 236# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 237Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 238 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 239 1:00 - WAT 240 241# Eritrea 242# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 243Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 244 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 245 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 246 3:00 - EAT 247 248# Ethiopia 249# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 250# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 251# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 252# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 253# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 254Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 255 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 256 3:00 - EAT 257 258# Gabon 259# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 260Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 261 1:00 - WAT 262 263# Gambia 264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 265Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 266 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 267 -1:00 - WAT 1964 268 0:00 - GMT 269 270# Ghana 271# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 272# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 273# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 274Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 275Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 276# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 277Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 278 0:00 Ghana %s 279 280# Guinea 281# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 282Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 283 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 284 -1:00 - WAT 1960 285 0:00 - GMT 286 287# Guinea-Bissau 288# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 289Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 290 -1:00 - WAT 1975 291 0:00 - GMT 292 293# Kenya 294# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 295Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 296 3:00 - EAT 1930 297 2:30 - BEAT 1940 298 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 299 3:00 - EAT 300 301# Lesotho 302# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 303Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 304 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 305 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 306 2:00 - SAST 307 308# Liberia 309# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 310# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 311# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 312# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 313# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 314# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 315# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 316# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 317# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 318Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 319 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 320 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 321 0:00 - GMT 322 323############################################################################### 324 325# Libya 326 327# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 328Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 329Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 330Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 331Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 332Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 333Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 334Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 335Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 336Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 337Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 338Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 339Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 340Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 342Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 343 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 344 2:00 - EET 1982 345 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 346# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 347# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 348 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 349 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 350 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 351 2:00 - EET 352 353# Madagascar 354# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 355Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 356 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 357 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 358 3:00 - EAT 359 360# Malawi 361# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 362Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 363 2:00 - CAT 364 365# Mali 366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 367Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 368 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 369 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 370 0:00 - GMT 371 372# Mauritania 373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 374Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 375 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 376 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 377 0:00 - GMT 378 379# Mauritius 380# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 381Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 382 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time 383# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 384# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 385 386# Mayotte 387# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 388Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 389 3:00 - EAT 390 391# Morocco 392# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 393# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 394Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 395Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 396Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 397Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 398Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 399Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 400Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 401Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 402Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 403Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 404Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 405Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 406Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 407Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 408Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 409# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 410Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 411 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 412 1:00 - CET 1986 413 0:00 - WET 414# Western Sahara 415Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 416 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 417 0:00 - WET 418 419# Mozambique 420# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 421Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 422 2:00 - CAT 423 424# Namibia 425# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 426# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 427 428# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 429# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 430# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 431# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 432# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 433# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 434# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 435# of the country. 436# 437# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 438# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 439# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 440 441# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 442Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 443Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 444# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 445Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 446 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 447 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 448 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 449 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 450 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 451 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 452 453# Niger 454# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 455Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 456 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 457 0:00 - GMT 1960 458 1:00 - WAT 459 460# Nigeria 461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 462Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 463 1:00 - WAT 464 465# Reunion 466# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 467Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 468 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 469# 470# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 471# The following information about them is taken from 472# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 473# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 474# We have no info about their time zone histories. 475# 476# Bassas da India - uninhabited 477# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 478# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 479# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 480# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 481 482# Rwanda 483# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 484Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 485 2:00 - CAT 486 487# St Helena 488# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 489Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 490 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 491 0:00 - GMT 492# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 493# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 494# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 495# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 496# on GMT, says the CIA 497# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 498 499# Sao Tome and Principe 500# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 501Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 502 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 503 0:00 - GMT 504 505# Senegal 506# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 507Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 508 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 509 0:00 - GMT 510 511# Seychelles 512# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 513Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 514 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 515# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 516# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 517# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 518# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 519# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 520# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 521 522# Sierra Leone 523# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 524# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 525Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 526Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 527Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 528Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 529# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 530Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 531 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 532 -1:00 SL %s 1957 533 0:00 SL %s 534 535# Somalia 536# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 537Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 538 3:00 - EAT 1931 539 2:30 - BEAT 1957 540 3:00 - EAT 541 542# South Africa 543# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 544Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 545Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 546# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 547Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 548 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 549 2:00 SA SAST 550# Marion and Prince Edward Is 551# scientific station since 1947 552# no information 553 554# Sudan 555# 556# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 557# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 558# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 559# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 560# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 561# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 562# 563# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 564Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 565Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 566Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 567Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 568# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 569Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 570 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 571 3:00 - EAT 572 573# Swaziland 574# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 575Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 576 2:00 - SAST 577 578# Tanzania 579# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 580Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 581 3:00 - EAT 1948 582 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 583 3:00 - EAT 584 585# Togo 586# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 587Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 588 0:00 - GMT 589 590# Tunisia 591 592# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 593# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 594# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 595# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 596# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 597# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 598# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 599# Saturday." (My translation) 600# 601# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 602# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 603# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 604# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 605# 1h standard time. 606# 607# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 608# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 609# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 610# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 611# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 612 613# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 614Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 615Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 616Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 617Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 618Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 619Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 620Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 621Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 622Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 623Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 624Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 625Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 626Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 627Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 628Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 629Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 630Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 631Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 632Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 633Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 634Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 635Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 636Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 637Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 638Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 639# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 640# more precise 0:09:21. 641# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 642# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 643Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 644 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 645 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 646 647# Uganda 648# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 649Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 650 3:00 - EAT 1930 651 2:30 - BEAT 1948 652 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 653 3:00 - EAT 654 655# Zambia 656# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 657Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 658 2:00 - CAT 659 660# Zimbabwe 661# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 662Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 663 2:00 - CAT 664