africa revision 30711
130711Swollman# @(#)africa 7.20 22742Swollman 32742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 42742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 52742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 62742Swollman 730711Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1997-10-05): 82742Swollman# 92742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 1030711Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), 1130711Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). 122742Swollman# 1320094Swollman# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source 1420094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 1520094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 1620094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 1720094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990. 1820094Swollman# 1920094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 2020094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 2120094Swollman# 222742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 232742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 242742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 252742Swollman# 2614343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 2714343Swollman# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 2814343Swollman# Oxford University Press (1980). 2914343Swollman# 3030711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 3130711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 3230711Swollman# but Mark R V Murray <markm@iafrica.com> reports that 3330711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 3430711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 3530711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 3630711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 3730711Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 382742Swollman# 3930711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 4030711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 4130711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 4230711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 4330711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 442742Swollman# 4530711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 4630711Swollman# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 4730711Swollman# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 4830711Swollman# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 4930711Swollman# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 5030711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 5130711Swollman# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 5230711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 5330711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 5430711Swollman# until we get more information. 552742Swollman# 5630711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 5730711Swollman# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 5830711Swollman# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 5930711Swollman# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 6030711Swollman# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 6130711Swollman# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 622742Swollman# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 6330711Swollman# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 642742Swollman 652742Swollman# Algeria 662742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 682742SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 - 6919878SwollmanRule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 7019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 7119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 7219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 732742SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 7419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 752742SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 7619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 772742SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 7819878SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S 792742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 802742SwollmanRule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 8119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 822742SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 8319878SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 842742SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 8519878SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 862742SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 8719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 882742SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 8914343Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 912742SwollmanZone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 9214343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 9319878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 9419878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 952742Swollman 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 9619878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 9719878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 9819878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 9919878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 10019878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1012742Swollman 1022742Swollman# Angola 1032742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042742SwollmanZone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 10519878Swollman 0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time? 10630711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1072742Swollman 10814343Swollman# Bassas da India 10914343Swollman# uninhabited 11014343Swollman 1112742Swollman# Benin 1122742Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. 1132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1142742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 11530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 11630711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1172742Swollman 1182742Swollman# Botswana 1192742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1202742SwollmanZone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 12130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 12230711Swollman 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 12330711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1242742Swollman 1252742Swollman# Burkina Faso 1262742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1272742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 12830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1292742Swollman 1302742Swollman# Burundi 1312742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1322742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 13330711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1342742Swollman 1352742Swollman# Cameroon 1362742Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks. 1372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1382742SwollmanZone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 13930711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1402742Swollman 1412742Swollman# Cape Verde 1422742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1432742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 1442742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 1452742Swollman -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 1462742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 14719878Swollman -1:00 - CVT 1482742Swollman 1492742Swollman# Central African Republic 1502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1512742SwollmanZone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 15230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1532742Swollman 1542742Swollman# Chad 1552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1562742SwollmanZone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 15730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 15830711Swollman 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 15930711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1602742Swollman 1612742Swollman# Comoros 1622742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1632742SwollmanZone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 1642742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1652742Swollman 16630711Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo 1672742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16830711SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 16930711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 17030711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 17130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 17230711Swollman 17330711Swollman# Republic of the Congo 17430711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1752742SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 17630711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1772742Swollman 1782742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire 1792742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1802742SwollmanZone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 18130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1822742Swollman 1832742Swollman# Djibouti 1842742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1852742SwollmanZone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1862742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1872742Swollman 1882742Swollman############################################################################### 1892742Swollman 1902742Swollman# Egypt 1912742Swollman 1922742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 19319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 1942742SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 19519878SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 1962742SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 19719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1982742SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 1992742SwollmanRule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 20019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 20119878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 2022742SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 20319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 20419878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 2052742SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 20630711SwollmanRule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 20719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 20819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 20919878SwollmanRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 21019878SwollmanRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 21130711SwollmanRule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 21230711Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00; go with Shanks. 21330711SwollmanRule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 21430711SwollmanRule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastFri 3:00 0 - 21520094Swollman 2162742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2172742SwollmanZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 21819878Swollman 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 2192742Swollman 2202742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea 2212742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2222742SwollmanZone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 22330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 22430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2252742Swollman 2262742Swollman# Eritrea 2272742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2282742SwollmanZone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 22919878Swollman 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time 23030711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 2312742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2322742Swollman 2332742Swollman# Ethiopia 23430711Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): 23530711Swollman# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between 23630711Swollman# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 23730711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 2382742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2392742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 24030711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 2412742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2422742Swollman 24314343Swollman# Europa Island 24414343Swollman# uninhabited 24514343Swollman 2462742Swollman# Gabon 2472742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2482742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 24930711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2502742Swollman 2512742Swollman# Gambia 2522742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2532742SwollmanZone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 25419878Swollman -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 25530711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1964 25630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2572742Swollman 2582742Swollman# Ghana 2592742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2602742Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks. 26130711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 26230711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 2632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2642742SwollmanZone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 2652742Swollman 0:00 Ghana %s 2662742Swollman 26714343Swollman# Glorioso Is 26814343Swollman# uninhabited 26914343Swollman 2702742Swollman# Guinea 2712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2722742SwollmanZone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 27330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 27430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 27530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2762742Swollman 2772742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 2782742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2792742SwollmanZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 28030711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 28130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2822742Swollman 28314343Swollman# Juan de Nova 28414343Swollman# uninhabited 28514343Swollman 2862742Swollman# Kenya 2872742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2882742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2892742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 29030711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 29130711Swollman 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 2922742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2932742Swollman 2942742Swollman# Lesotho 2952742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2962742SwollmanZone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 29730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 2982742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 29930711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 3002742Swollman 3012742Swollman# Liberia 30219878Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 3032742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 3042742Swollman# from a GMT offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes. 30514343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 30614343Swollman# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. 30714343Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman 30814343Swollman# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 3092742Swollman# 31030711Swollman# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman: 3112742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3122742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 3132742Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 31419878Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 31530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3162742Swollman 3172742Swollman############################################################################### 3182742Swollman 3192742Swollman# Libya 3202742Swollman 3212742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 32219878SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 3232742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 32419878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 3252742SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 32619878SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 3272742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 32819878SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 3292742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 33019878SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 33119878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 3322742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 33319878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 3342742SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 33519878SwollmanRule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S 33630711SwollmanRule Libya 1996 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 S 33730711SwollmanRule Libya 1996 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 - 33830711SwollmanRule Libya 1997 max - Mar lastThu 2:00s 1:00 S 33930711SwollmanRule Libya 1997 max - Oct Thu>=1 2:00s 0 - 3402742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3412742SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 34219878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 3432742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 34419878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991 34520094Swollman 2:00 - EET 1996 Mar 30 3:00 34620094Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 3472742Swollman 3482742Swollman# Madagascar 3492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3502742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 3512742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 3522742Swollman 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 3532742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3542742Swollman 3552742Swollman# Malawi 3562742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3572742SwollmanZone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 35830711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 3592742Swollman 3602742Swollman# Mali 3612742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3622742SwollmanZone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 36330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 36430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 36530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3662742Swollman# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit 3672742SwollmanZone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 36830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3692742Swollman 3702742Swollman# Mauritania 3712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3722742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 37330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 37430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 37530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3762742Swollman 3772742Swollman# Mauritius 3782742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3792742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 38019878Swollman 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time 3812742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 3822742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 3832742Swollman 3842742Swollman# Mayotte 3852742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 38614343SwollmanZone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3872742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3882742Swollman 3892742Swollman# Morocco 39030711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 39120094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 39219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 3932742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 39419878SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 3952742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 39619878SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 3972742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 39819878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 3992742SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 40019878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 4012742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 40219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 4032742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 4042742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 40519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 4062742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 4072742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4082742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 40919878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 41019878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 4112742Swollman 0:00 - WET 41219878Swollman# Western Sahara 41319878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 41430711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 41519878Swollman 0:00 - WET 4168029Swollman 4172742Swollman# Mozambique 4182742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4192742SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 42030711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4212742Swollman 4222742Swollman# Namibia 42330711Swollman# Shanks says DST transitions are at 0:00; go with IATA. 42430711Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks. 42520094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 42620094SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 42720094SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 4282742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4292742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 4302742Swollman 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 43130711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 4322742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 43330711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 43430711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 43530711Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 4362742Swollman 4372742Swollman# Niger 4382742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 43930711SwollmanZone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 44030711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 44130711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1960 44230711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 4432742Swollman 4442742Swollman# Nigeria 4452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4462742SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 44730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 4482742Swollman 4492742Swollman# Reunion 4502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 45114343SwollmanZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 45219878Swollman 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 4532742Swollman 4542742Swollman# Rwanda 4552742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4562742SwollmanZone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 45730711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4582742Swollman 4592742Swollman# St Helena 46030711Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): 46130711Swollman# Shanks says St Helena was 1W26 (-0:05:44) from 1890 to 1951, 46230711Swollman# but this is most likely a typo for 5W42, the longitude of Jamestown. 4632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4642742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 46530711Swollman -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 4662742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 46714343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 46830711Swollman# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 46930711Swollman# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 47030711Swollman# Gough (scientific station since 1955): on GMT, says the CIA 47130711Swollman# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 47214343Swollman 4732742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe 4742742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4752742SwollmanZone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 47619878Swollman -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 47730711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4782742Swollman 4792742Swollman# Senegal 4802742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4812742SwollmanZone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 48230711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 48330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4842742Swollman 4852742Swollman# Seychelles 4862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4872742SwollmanZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 48819878Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 4892742Swollman 4902742Swollman# Sierra Leone 4912742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4922742Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks. 49330711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 49430711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 49530711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 49630711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 4972742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4982742SwollmanZone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 49919878Swollman -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 50030711Swollman -1:00 SL %s 1957 50130711Swollman 0:00 SL %s 5022742Swollman 5032742Swollman# Somalia 5042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5052742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 5062742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1931 50730711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1957 5082742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5092742Swollman 5102742Swollman# South Africa 5112742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 51230711SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 5132742SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 5142742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5152742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 51630711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 51730711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 51830711Swollman# Shanks erroneously claims that most of South Africa switched to 1:00 51930711Swollman# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00. 52030711Swollman# 52130711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 52230711Swollman# weather station since 1947 5232742Swollman# no information 5242742Swollman 5252742Swollman# Sudan 52619878Swollman# From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (1995-11-15): 52714343Swollman# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change. 52814343Swollman# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the 52914343Swollman# United Nations: 212-573-6033 5302742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 53119878SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 53214343SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 53319878SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 53419878SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 5352742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5362742SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 53730711Swollman 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 5382742Swollman 5392742Swollman# Swaziland 5402742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5412742SwollmanZone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 54230711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 5432742Swollman 5442742Swollman# Tanzania 5452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5462742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 5472742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1948 54830711Swollman 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 5492742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5502742Swollman 5512742Swollman# Togo 5522742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5532742SwollmanZone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 55430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5552742Swollman 55614343Swollman# Tromelin 55714343Swollman# uninhabited 55814343Swollman 5592742Swollman# Tunisia 5602742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 56119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 5622742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 56319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 5642742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 56519878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 5662742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 56719878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 5682742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 56919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 5702742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 57119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 5722742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 5732742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 57419878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 5752742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 57619878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 5772742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 57819878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 57920094SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 58019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 58119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 58214343Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 58314343Swollman# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 5842742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5852742SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 58614343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 58719878Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 5882742Swollman 5892742Swollman# Uganda 5902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5912742SwollmanZone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 5922742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 5932742Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1948 59430711Swollman 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 5952742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5962742Swollman 5972742Swollman# Zambia 5982742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5992742SwollmanZone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 60030711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 6012742Swollman 6022742Swollman# Zimbabwe 6032742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6042742SwollmanZone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 60530711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 606