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1153761Swollman# <pre> 2192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 3192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 467578Swollman 52742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 62742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 7243020Sedwin# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). 82742Swollman 9248310Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): 102742Swollman# 112742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 12158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 142742Swollman# 1586222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 1620094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 1720094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 1820094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 1920094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990. 2020094Swollman# 21158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 22158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 2320094Swollman# 242742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 252742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 262742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 272742Swollman# 28248310Sedwin# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 29248310Sedwin# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 30248310Sedwin# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. 31248310Sedwin# 3214343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 3358787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 3414343Swollman# 3530711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 3630711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 37149514Swollman# but Mark R V Murray reports that 3830711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 3930711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 4030711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 4130711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 4230711Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 432742Swollman# 4430711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 4530711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 4630711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 4730711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 4830711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 492742Swollman# 5030711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 5130711Swollman# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 5230711Swollman# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 5330711Swollman# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 5430711Swollman# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 5530711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 5630711Swollman# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 5730711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 5830711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 5930711Swollman# until we get more information. 602742Swollman# 6130711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 6230711Swollman# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 6330711Swollman# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 64226298Sedwin# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 6530711Swollman# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 6630711Swollman# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 672742Swollman# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 6830711Swollman# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 692742Swollman 702742Swollman# Algeria 712742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 7219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 73158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 7419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 7519878SwollmanRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 7619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 7719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 782742SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 7919878SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 802742SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 8119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 822742SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 83158421SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 842742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 852742SwollmanRule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 8619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 872742SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 8819878SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 892742SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 9019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 912742SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 9219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 932742SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 94158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 95158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21. 962742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 972742SwollmanZone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 9814343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 9919878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 10019878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 1012742Swollman 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 10219878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 10319878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 10419878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 10519878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 10619878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1072742Swollman 1082742Swollman# Angola 1092742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1102742SwollmanZone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 11186222Swollman 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 11230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1132742Swollman 1142742Swollman# Benin 115158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 116158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 1172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1182742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 11930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 12030711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1212742Swollman 1222742Swollman# Botswana 123248310Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): 124248310Sedwin# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899; 125248310Sedwin# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did. 1262742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1272742SwollmanZone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 128248310Sedwin 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 12930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 13030711Swollman 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 13130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1322742Swollman 1332742Swollman# Burkina Faso 1342742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1352742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 13630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1372742Swollman 1382742Swollman# Burundi 1392742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1402742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 14130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1422742Swollman 1432742Swollman# Cameroon 144158421Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 1452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1462742SwollmanZone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 14730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1482742Swollman 1492742Swollman# Cape Verde 1502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1512742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 1522742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 1532742Swollman -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 1542742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 15519878Swollman -1:00 - CVT 1562742Swollman 1572742Swollman# Central African Republic 1582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1592742SwollmanZone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 16030711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1612742Swollman 1622742Swollman# Chad 1632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1642742SwollmanZone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 16530711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 16630711Swollman 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 16730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1682742Swollman 1692742Swollman# Comoros 1702742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1712742SwollmanZone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 1722742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1732742Swollman 17430711Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo 1752742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 17630711SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 17730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 17830711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 17930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 18030711Swollman 18130711Swollman# Republic of the Congo 18230711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1832742SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 18430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1852742Swollman 1862742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire 1872742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1882742SwollmanZone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 18930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1902742Swollman 1912742Swollman# Djibouti 1922742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1932742SwollmanZone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1942742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1952742Swollman 1962742Swollman############################################################################### 1972742Swollman 1982742Swollman# Egypt 1992742Swollman 200248310Sedwin# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh 201248310Sedwin# observatory; round to nearest. Milne also says that the official time for 202248310Sedwin# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this 203248310Sedwin# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said. 204248310Sedwin 2052742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 20619878SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 2072742SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 20819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 2092742SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 21019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 2112742SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 2122742SwollmanRule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 21319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 21419878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 2152742SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 21619878SwollmanRule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 21719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 2182742SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 21930711SwollmanRule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 22019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 22119878SwollmanRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 22219878SwollmanRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 22319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 22430711SwollmanRule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 22543014Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 22643543Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 227221092Sedwin 228221092Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): 229221092Sedwin# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight 230221092Sedwin# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of 231221092Sedwin# Egyptians would approve the cancellation." 232221092Sedwin# 233221092Sedwin# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time 234221092Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168"> 235221092Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 236221092Sedwin# </a> 237221092Sedwin# or 238221092Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html"> 239221092Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html 240221092Sedwin# </a> 241221092SedwinRule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 242163302SruRule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 243163302Sru# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 244163302Sru# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 245163302Sru# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 246163302Sru# after observing the daylight saving time since May. 247163302Sru# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 248163302SruRule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 249171948Sedwin# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 250171948Sedwin# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 251171948Sedwin# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 252171948Sedwin# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 253240461Sedwin# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 254171948Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 255172479Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 256172479Sedwin# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 257172479SedwinRule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 258172479Sedwin# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 259172479Sedwin# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 260172479Sedwin# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 261172479Sedwin# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 262172479Sedwin# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 263172479Sedwin# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 264172479Sedwin# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 265171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 266172479Sedwin# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 26720094Swollman 268191618Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 269191618Sedwin# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 270191618Sedwin# 271191618Sedwin# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 272192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 273191618Sedwin# Apr 23 274192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 275192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 276191618Sedwin# Apr 24 277192886Sedwin# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 278192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 279191618Sedwin# Aug 27 280192886Sedwin# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 281192886Sedwin# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 282191618Sedwin# Aug 27 283192886Sedwin# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 284191618Sedwin# 285191618Sedwin# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 286191618Sedwin# :59) 287191618Sedwin# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 288191618Sedwin# 289191618Sedwin# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 290191618Sedwin# 291192886Sedwin# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 292192886Sedwin# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 293191618Sedwin# </a> 294192886Sedwin# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 295192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 296191618Sedwin# </a> 297191618Sedwin# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 298191618Sedwin# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 299191618Sedwin# </a> 300191618Sedwin 301191618Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 302191618Sedwin# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 303191618Sedwin# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 304191618Sedwin# in September. 305196582Sedwin 306196582Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 307240461Sedwin# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 308196582Sedwin# Information and Decision Support Center: 309196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 310196582Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 311196582Sedwin# </a> 312240461Sedwin# 313196582Sedwin# The Middle East News Agency 314196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 315196582Sedwin# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 316196582Sedwin# </a> 317196582Sedwin# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 318240461Sedwin# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 319196582Sedwin# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 320196582Sedwin# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 321196582Sedwin# (at least today). 322196582Sedwin 323210718Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 324210718Sedwin# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 325210718Sedwin# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 326210718Sedwin# Ramadan. 327210718Sedwin# 328210718Sedwin# Arabic translation: 329210718Sedwin# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" 330210718Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> 331210718Sedwin# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 332210718Sedwin# </a> 333210718Sedwin# or 334210718Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> 335210718Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 336210718Sedwin# </a> 337210718Sedwin 338191618SedwinRule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 339196582SedwinRule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 340211422SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 341211422SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 342221092SedwinRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 343191618Sedwin 3442742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 345248310SedwinZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 34619878Swollman 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 3472742Swollman 3482742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea 3492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3502742SwollmanZone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 35130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 35230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 3532742Swollman 3542742Swollman# Eritrea 3552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356169811SwollmanZone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 357169811Swollman 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 35830711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3592742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3602742Swollman 3612742Swollman# Ethiopia 362158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 363158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 364158421Swollman# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 36530711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 3662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3672742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 36830711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3692742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3702742Swollman 3712742Swollman# Gabon 3722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3732742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 37430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 3752742Swollman 3762742Swollman# Gambia 3772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3782742SwollmanZone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 37919878Swollman -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 38030711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1964 38130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3822742Swollman 3832742Swollman# Ghana 3842742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 385158421Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 386158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 38730711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 38830711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 3892742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3902742SwollmanZone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 3912742Swollman 0:00 Ghana %s 3922742Swollman 3932742Swollman# Guinea 3942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3952742SwollmanZone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 39630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 39730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 39830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3992742Swollman 4002742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 4012742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4022742SwollmanZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 40330711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 40430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4052742Swollman 4062742Swollman# Kenya 4072742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4082742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 4092742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 41030711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 411226298Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 4122742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 4132742Swollman 4142742Swollman# Lesotho 4152742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4162742SwollmanZone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 41730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 4182742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 41930711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 4202742Swollman 4212742Swollman# Liberia 422158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 4232742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 42486222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 42514343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 426158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 427158421Swollman# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 428158421Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 429158421Swollman# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 4302742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4312742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 4322742Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 43319878Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 43430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4352742Swollman 4362742Swollman############################################################################### 4372742Swollman 4382742Swollman# Libya 4392742Swollman 440243020Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 441243020Sedwin# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. 442243020Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ 443243020Sedwin# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc 444243020Sedwin# 445243020Sedwin# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in 446243020Sedwin# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html 447243020Sedwin# 448243020Sedwin# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): 449243020Sedwin# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. 450243020Sedwin# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe 451243020Sedwin# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on 452243020Sedwin# lastFri instead of lastSun). 453243020Sedwin 454257682Sedwin# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25): 455257682Sedwin# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was 456257682Sedwin# cancelled yesterday.... 457257682Sedwin# http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ 458257682Sedwin# 459257682Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): 460257682Sedwin# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UTC+2. 461257682Sedwin 4622742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 46319878SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 4642742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 46519878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 4662742SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 46719878SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 4682742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 46919878SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 4702742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 47119878SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 47219878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 4732742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 47419878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 475149514SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 476243020SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 477243020SedwinRule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 478257682SedwinRule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 479257682SedwinRule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - 4802742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4812742SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 48219878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 4832742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 48458787Sru 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 485243020Sedwin# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 48658787Sru# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 48758787Sru 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 488243020Sedwin 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 489243020Sedwin 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 490257682Sedwin 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 491257682Sedwin 2:00 - EET 4922742Swollman 4932742Swollman# Madagascar 4942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4952742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 4962742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 4972742Swollman 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 4982742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 4992742Swollman 5002742Swollman# Malawi 5012742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5022742SwollmanZone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 50330711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 5042742Swollman 5052742Swollman# Mali 5062742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5072742SwollmanZone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 50830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 50930711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 51030711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5112742Swollman 5122742Swollman# Mauritania 5132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5142742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 51530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 51630711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 51730711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5182742Swollman 5192742Swollman# Mauritius 520181421Sedwin 521181421Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 522181421Sedwin# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 523181421Sedwin# basis.... 524240461Sedwin# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 525181421Sedwin# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 526181421Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 527181424Sedwin 528181421Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 529181421Sedwin# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 530181424Sedwin 531181421Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 532181421Sedwin# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 533181421Sedwin# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 534181421Sedwin# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 535181424Sedwin 536181421Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 537181421Sedwin# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 538181421Sedwin 539181424Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 540181424Sedwin# According to 541181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 542181424Sedwin# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 543181424Sedwin# </a> 544181424Sedwin# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 545181424Sedwin# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 546181424Sedwin# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 547181424Sedwin# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 548240461Sedwin# 549240461Sedwin# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 550240461Sedwin# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 551240461Sedwin# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 552240461Sedwin# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 553240461Sedwin# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 554181424Sedwin# changes two days later. 555181424Sedwin 556181424Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 557181424Sedwin# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 558181424Sedwin# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 559181424Sedwin# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 560181424Sedwin# 561181424Sedwin# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 562181424Sedwin# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 563181424Sedwin# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 564181424Sedwin# ... 565181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 566181424Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 567181424Sedwin# </a> 568181424Sedwin 569183066Sedwin# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 570183066Sedwin# The Government of Mauritius weblink 571192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 572192886Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 573183066Sedwin# </a> 574183066Sedwin# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 575183066Sedwin# 576183066Sedwin# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 577183066Sedwin# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 578183066Sedwin# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 579183066Sedwin# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 580183066Sedwin# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 581183066Sedwin# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 582183066Sedwin# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 583183066Sedwin# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 584183066Sedwin# and end on 29 March 2009. 585183066Sedwin 586183864Sedwin# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 587183864Sedwin# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 588183864Sedwin# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 589183864Sedwin# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 590183864Sedwin# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 591183864Sedwin# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 592183864Sedwin# </a> 593183864Sedwin 594196581Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 595196581Sedwin# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 596196581Sedwin# DST the coming summer... 597196581Sedwin# 598196581Sedwin# Some sources, in French: 599196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB"> 600196581Sedwin# 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 601196581Sedwin# </a> 602196581Sedwin# <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-"> 603196581Sedwin# 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- 604196581Sedwin# </a> 605196581Sedwin# 606196581Sedwin# Our wrap-up: 607196581Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 608196581Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 609196581Sedwin# </a> 610196581Sedwin 611196581Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 612240461Sedwin# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 613196581Sedwin# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 614196581Sedwin# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 615196581Sedwin 616181421Sedwin# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 617181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 618181421SedwinRule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 619196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 620196581SedwinRule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 6212742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6222742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 623181421Sedwin 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 6242742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 6252742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 6262742Swollman 6272742Swollman# Mayotte 6282742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 62914343SwollmanZone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 6302742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 6312742Swollman 6322742Swollman# Morocco 63330711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 634181418Sedwin 635181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 636181418Sedwin# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 637181418Sedwin# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 638181418Sedwin# 639181418Sedwin# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 640181418Sedwin# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 641181418Sedwin# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 642181418Sedwin# 643181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 644181418Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 645181418Sedwin# </a> 646181418Sedwin# OR 647181418Sedwin# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 648181418Sedwin# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 649181418Sedwin# </a> 650181418Sedwin 651181418Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 652181418Sedwin# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 653181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 654181418Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 655181418Sedwin# </a> 656181418Sedwin# 657181418Sedwin# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 658181418Sedwin# spokesman. 659181418Sedwin 660181418Sedwin# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 661181418Sedwin# According to this article: 662181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 663181418Sedwin# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 664181418Sedwin# </a> 665181418Sedwin# (and republished here: 666181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 667181418Sedwin# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 668181418Sedwin# </a> 669181418Sedwin# ) 670181418Sedwin# the changes occurs at midnight: 671181418Sedwin# 672181418Sedwin# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 673181418Sedwin# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 674181418Sedwin# sunday night the 28th at midnight 675181418Sedwin# 676181418Sedwin# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 677181418Sedwin# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 678181418Sedwin# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 679181418Sedwin# june1st to sept 27th. 680181418Sedwin# 681181418Sedwin# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 682181418Sedwin# published on the web. 683181418Sedwin# 684181418Sedwin# It's also confirmed here: 685181424Sedwin# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 686181418Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 687181418Sedwin# </a> 688181418Sedwin# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 689181418Sedwin# posted in english). 690181418Sedwin# 691181418Sedwin# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 692181418Sedwin# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 693181418Sedwin# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 694181418Sedwin# </a> 695181418Sedwin 696183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 697240461Sedwin# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 698240461Sedwin# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 699183066Sedwin# of September: 700183066Sedwin# 701183066Sedwin# One article about it (in French): 702183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> 703183066Sedwin# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 704183066Sedwin# </a> 705183066Sedwin# 706183066Sedwin# We have some further details posted here: 707183066Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 708183066Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 709183066Sedwin# </a> 710190372Sedwin 711190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 712190372Sedwin# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 713190372Sedwin# to many sources, such as 714190372Sedwin# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 715190372Sedwin# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 716190372Sedwin# </a> 717190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 718190372Sedwin# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 719190372Sedwin# </a> 720190372Sedwin# (French) 721190372Sedwin# 722190372Sedwin# Our summary: 723190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 724190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 725190372Sedwin# </a> 726190372Sedwin 727190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 728190372Sedwin# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 729190372Sedwin# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 730190372Sedwin# 731190372Sedwin# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 732190372Sedwin# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 733190372Sedwin# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 734190372Sedwin# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 735190372Sedwin# 736190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 737190372Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 738190372Sedwin# </a> 739190372Sedwin# 740190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 741190372Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 742190372Sedwin# </a> 743190372Sedwin 744206868Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 745206868Sedwin# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 746206868Sedwin# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 747206868Sedwin# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 748206868Sedwin# 749206868Sedwin# Example: 750206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 751206868Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 752206868Sedwin# </a> 753206868Sedwin# (French) 754206868Sedwin# Our page: 755206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 756206868Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 757206868Sedwin# </a> 758206868Sedwin 759220286Sedwin# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): 760220286Sedwin# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) 761220286Sedwin# The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 762220286Sedwin# The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 763220286Sedwin# ...Official links of change in morocco 764220286Sedwin# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio 765220286Sedwin# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at 766220286Sedwin# +212.537.71.84.00 767220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> 768220286Sedwin# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ 769220286Sedwin# </a> 770220286Sedwin# They said that 771220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> 772220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view 773220286Sedwin# </a> 774220286Sedwin# is the official publication to look at. 775220286Sedwin# They said that the decision was already taken. 776220286Sedwin# 777220286Sedwin# More articles in the press 778220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> 779220286Sedwin# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev 780220286Sedwin# </a> 781220286Sedwin# e.html 782220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> 783220286Sedwin# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 784220286Sedwin# </a> 785220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> 786220286Sedwin# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim 787220286Sedwin# anche-prochain-5538.html 788220286Sedwin# </a> 789220286Sedwin 790220286Sedwin# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): 791220286Sedwin# They have it written in English here: 792220286Sedwin# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> 793220286Sedwin# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view 794220286Sedwin# </a> 795220286Sedwin# 796220286Sedwin# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 797220286Sedwin# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of 798220286Sedwin# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has 799220286Sedwin# also been like that in the past. 800220286Sedwin 801240461Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): 802240461Sedwin# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), 803240461Sedwin# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: 804240461Sedwin# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été 805240461Sedwin# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9"> 806240461Sedwin# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 807240461Sedwin# </a> 808240461Sedwin# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on 809240461Sedwin# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on 810240461Sedwin# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) 811240461Sedwin# except the month of Ramadan. 812240461Sedwin# or (brief) 813240461Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> 814240461Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html 815240461Sedwin# </a> 816240461Sedwin 817240461Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): 818240461Sedwin# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in 819240461Sedwin# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; 820240461Sedwin# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. 821240461Sedwin# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about 822240461Sedwin# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. 823240461Sedwin 824240461Sedwin# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): 825240461Sedwin# Seen Morocco change again: 826240461Sedwin# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> 827240461Sedwin# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php 828240461Sedwin# </a> 829240461Sedwin# "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, 830240461Sedwin# comme annoncé précédemment." 831240461Sedwin 832240461Sedwin# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): 833240461Sedwin# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: 834240461Sedwin# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288"> 835240461Sedwin# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] 836240461Sedwin# </a> 837240461Sedwin# 838240461Sedwin# Google translation, lightly edited: 839240461Sedwin# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) 840240461Sedwin# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, 841240461Sedwin# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the 842240461Sedwin# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry 843240461Sedwin# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return 844240461Sedwin# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until 845240461Sedwin# Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from 846240461Sedwin# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes 847240461Sedwin# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. 848240461Sedwin 849248310Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06): 850248310Sedwin# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be 851248310Sedwin# announced a bit in advance. On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government 852248310Sedwin# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be 853248310Sedwin# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see 854248310Sedwin# <http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288>. 855253010Sedwin 856253010Sedwin# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02): 857253010Sedwin# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings 858253010Sedwin# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: 859253010Sedwin# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10 860253010Sedwin 861257682Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28): 862257682Sedwin# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day 863257682Sedwin# before it was going to end. There is a new decree (2.13.781) for 864257682Sedwin# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00 865257682Sedwin# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules. Official 866257682Sedwin# source (French): 867257682Sedwin# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013 868257682Sedwin# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree): 869257682Sedwin# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html 870257682Sedwin 871257682Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-03): 872248310Sedwin# To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years, 873257682Sedwin# transition dates for 2014 through 2038 were determined by running 874248310Sedwin# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3: 875248310Sedwin# 876253010Sedwin# (let ((islamic-year 1435)) 877257682Sedwin# (while (< islamic-year 1461) 878248310Sedwin# (let ((a 879248310Sedwin# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute 880248310Sedwin# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))) 881248310Sedwin# (b 882248310Sedwin# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute 883248310Sedwin# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))))) 884248310Sedwin# (insert 885248310Sedwin# (format 886248310Sedwin# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n" 887248310Sedwin# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n") 888248310Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) 889248310Sedwin# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) 890248310Sedwin# (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) 891248310Sedwin# 892257682Sedwin# with spring-forward transitions removed for 2023-2025, when the 893257682Sedwin# normal spring-forward date falls during the estimated Ramadan; with 894257682Sedwin# all transitions removed for 2026-2035, where the estimated Ramadan 895257682Sedwin# falls entirely outside daylight-saving time; and with fall-back 896257682Sedwin# transitions removed for 2036-2037, where the normal fall-back 897257682Sedwin# date falls during the estimated Ramadan. Normally, the table would 898257682Sedwin# stop after 2037 because 32-bit time_t values roll around early in 2038, 899257682Sedwin# but that would imply a prediction of perpetual DST after March 2038 900257682Sedwin# due to the year-2037 glitches. So, this table instead stops after 901257682Sedwin# 2038, the first non-glitchy year after the 32-bit rollover. 902257682Sedwin# An advantage of stopping after 2038 is that it lets zic guess 903257682Sedwin# TZ='WET0WEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3' for time stamps far in the future. 904248310Sedwin 90520094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 906183066Sedwin 90719878SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 9082742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 90919878SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 9102742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 91119878SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 9122742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 91319878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 9142742SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 91519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 9162742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 91719878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 9182742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 9192742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 92019878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 9212742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 922181418SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 923183066SedwinRule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 924190372SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 925190372SedwinRule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 926206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 927206868SedwinRule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 928220286SedwinRule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 929220286SedwinRule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - 930257682SedwinRule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 931257682SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 932240461SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - 933240461SedwinRule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S 934253010SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - 935253010SedwinRule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S 936257682SedwinRule Morocco 2013 2035 - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - 937257682SedwinRule Morocco 2014 2022 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 938248310SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 29 3:00 0 - 939248310SedwinRule Morocco 2014 only - Jul 29 2:00 1:00 S 940248310SedwinRule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 18 3:00 0 - 941248310SedwinRule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 18 2:00 1:00 S 942248310SedwinRule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 7 3:00 0 - 943248310SedwinRule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 7 2:00 1:00 S 944248310SedwinRule Morocco 2017 only - May 27 3:00 0 - 945248310SedwinRule Morocco 2017 only - Jun 26 2:00 1:00 S 946248310SedwinRule Morocco 2018 only - May 16 3:00 0 - 947248310SedwinRule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 15 2:00 1:00 S 948248310SedwinRule Morocco 2019 only - May 6 3:00 0 - 949248310SedwinRule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 5 2:00 1:00 S 950257682SedwinRule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 24 3:00 0 - 951248310SedwinRule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S 952257682SedwinRule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 13 3:00 0 - 953248310SedwinRule Morocco 2021 only - May 13 2:00 1:00 S 954257682SedwinRule Morocco 2022 only - Apr 3 3:00 0 - 955248310SedwinRule Morocco 2022 only - May 3 2:00 1:00 S 956257682SedwinRule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 22 2:00 1:00 S 957257682SedwinRule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 10 2:00 1:00 S 958257682SedwinRule Morocco 2025 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S 959257682SedwinRule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 960257682SedwinRule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 21 3:00 0 - 961257682SedwinRule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 11 3:00 0 - 962257682SedwinRule Morocco 2038 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 963257682SedwinRule Morocco 2038 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 S 964257682SedwinRule Morocco 2038 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - 965240461Sedwin 9662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9672742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 96819878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 96919878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 970181418Sedwin 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 971257682Sedwin 97219878Swollman# Western Sahara 973257682Sedwin# 974257682Sedwin# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22): 975257682Sedwin# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters 976257682Sedwin# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as 977257682Sedwin# Morocco does. 978257682Sedwin# 979257682Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): 980257682Sedwin# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, 981257682Sedwin# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. 982257682Sedwin 98319878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 98430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 985257682Sedwin 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 9868029Swollman 9872742Swollman# Mozambique 9882742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 9892742SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 99030711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 9912742Swollman 9922742Swollman# Namibia 993158421Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 994158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 995169811Swollman 996169811Swollman# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 997169811Swollman# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 998169811Swollman# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 999169811Swollman# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 1000169811Swollman# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 1001169811Swollman# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 1002169811Swollman# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 1003169811Swollman# of the country. 1004240461Sedwin# 1005169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 1006169811Swollman# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 1007169811Swollman# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 1008169811Swollman 100920094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 101020094SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 101120094SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 10122742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10132742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 10142742Swollman 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 101530711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 10162742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 101730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 101830711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 101930711Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 10202742Swollman 10212742Swollman# Niger 10222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 102330711SwollmanZone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 102430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 102530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1960 102630711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 10272742Swollman 10282742Swollman# Nigeria 10292742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10302742SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 103130711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 10322742Swollman 10332742Swollman# Reunion 10342742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 103514343SwollmanZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 103619878Swollman 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 103743014Swollman# 103843014Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 103943014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from 104058787Sru# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 104158787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 104258787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories. 104343014Swollman# 104443014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited 104543014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 104643014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 104743014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 104843014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 10492742Swollman 10502742Swollman# Rwanda 10512742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10522742SwollmanZone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 105330711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 10542742Swollman 10552742Swollman# St Helena 10562742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10572742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 105830711Swollman -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 10592742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 106014343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 106130711Swollman# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 106230711Swollman# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 106358787Sru# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 106458787Sru# on GMT, says the CIA 106530711Swollman# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 106614343Swollman 10672742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe 10682742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10692742SwollmanZone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 107019878Swollman -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 107130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 10722742Swollman 10732742Swollman# Senegal 10742742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10752742SwollmanZone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 107630711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 107730711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 10782742Swollman 10792742Swollman# Seychelles 10802742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10812742SwollmanZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 108219878Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 108386222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 108486222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 108586222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 108686222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 108786222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 108886222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 10892742Swollman 10902742Swollman# Sierra Leone 10912742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1092158421Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 109330711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 109430711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 109530711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 109630711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 10972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 10982742SwollmanZone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 109919878Swollman -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 110030711Swollman -1:00 SL %s 1957 110130711Swollman 0:00 SL %s 11022742Swollman 11032742Swollman# Somalia 11042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11052742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 11062742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1931 110730711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1957 11082742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 11092742Swollman 11102742Swollman# South Africa 11112742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 111230711SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 11132742SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 11142742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11152742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 111630711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 111730711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 111830711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 111958787Sru# scientific station since 1947 11202742Swollman# no information 11212742Swollman 11222742Swollman# Sudan 112358787Sru# 112458787Sru# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 112558787Sru# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 112658787Sru# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 112758787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 112858787Sru# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 112958787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 113058787Sru# 11312742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 113219878SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 113314343SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 113419878SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 113519878SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 11362742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11372742SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 113858787Sru 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 113958787Sru 3:00 - EAT 11402742Swollman 1141226298Sedwin# South Sudan 1142257682SedwinLink Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba 1143226298Sedwin 11442742Swollman# Swaziland 11452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11462742SwollmanZone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 114730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 11482742Swollman 11492742Swollman# Tanzania 11502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11512742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 11522742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1948 1153226298Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 11542742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 11552742Swollman 11562742Swollman# Togo 11572742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 11582742SwollmanZone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 115930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 11602742Swollman 11612742Swollman# Tunisia 1162149514Swollman 1163149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 1164149514Swollman# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 1165149514Swollman# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 1166149514Swollman# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 1167149514Swollman# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 1168149514Swollman# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 1169149514Swollman# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 1170149514Swollman# Saturday." (My translation) 1171149514Swollman# 1172149514Swollman# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 1173149514Swollman# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 1174149514Swollman# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 1175149514Swollman# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 1176149514Swollman# 1h standard time. 1177158421Swollman# 1178158421Swollman# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 1179158421Swollman# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 1180158421Swollman# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 1181158421Swollman# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 1182158421Swollman# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 1183149514Swollman 1184190372Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 1185190372Sedwin# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 1186190372Sedwin# (Arabic) 1187190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 1188190372Sedwin# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 1189190372Sedwin# </a> 1190190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 1191190372Sedwin# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 1192190372Sedwin# </a> 1193190372Sedwin# 1194190372Sedwin# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 1195190372Sedwin# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 1196190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 1197190372Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 1198190372Sedwin# </a> 1199190372Sedwin 1200190372Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 1201190372Sedwin# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 1202190372Sedwin# 1203190372Sedwin# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 1204190372Sedwin# 1205190372Sedwin# (in English) 1206190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 1207190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 1208190372Sedwin# </a> 1209190372Sedwin# 1210190372Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1211190372Sedwin# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 1212190372Sedwin# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 1213190372Sedwin# </a> 1214190372Sedwin 1215190372Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 1216190372Sedwin# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 1217190372Sedwin# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 1218190372Sedwin# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 1219190372Sedwin# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 1220190372Sedwin 1221206868Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 1222206868Sedwin# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 1223206868Sedwin# 1224206868Sedwin# (translation): 1225206868Sedwin# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 1226206868Sedwin# Sunday... 1227206868Sedwin# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 1228206868Sedwin# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 1229206868Sedwin# 1230206868Sedwin# (in Arabic) 1231206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 1232206868Sedwin# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 1233206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 1234206868Sedwin# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 1235206868Sedwin# or 1236206868Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 1237206868Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 1238206868Sedwin 12392742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 124019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 12412742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 124219878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 12432742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 124419878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 12452742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 124619878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 12472742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 124819878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 12492742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 125019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 12512742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 12522742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 125319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 12542742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 125519878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 12562742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 125719878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 125820094SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 125919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 126019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1261149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1262149514SwollmanRule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1263190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1264190372SedwinRule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1265206868Sedwin 1266158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1267158421Swollman# more precise 0:09:21. 1268158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 12692742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12702742SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 127114343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 127219878Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 12732742Swollman 12742742Swollman# Uganda 12752742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12762742SwollmanZone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 12772742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 12782742Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1279226298Sedwin 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 12802742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 12812742Swollman 12822742Swollman# Zambia 12832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12842742SwollmanZone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 128530711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 12862742Swollman 12872742Swollman# Zimbabwe 12882742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 12892742SwollmanZone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 129030711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1291