africa revision 43543
1# @(#)africa	7.26
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1997-10-05):
8#
9# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
11# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
12#
13# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
14# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
15# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
16# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
17# of the IATA's data after 1990.
18#
19# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
20# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
21#
22# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
23# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
24# I found in the UCLA library.
25#
26# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
27# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
28# Oxford University Press (1980).
29#
30# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
31# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
32# but Mark R V Murray <markm@iafrica.com> reports that
33# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
34# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
35# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
36# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
37# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
38#
39# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
40# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
41# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
42# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
43# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
44#
45# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
46#	-1:00	WAT	West Africa Time (no longer used)
47#	 0:00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
48#	 2:00	CAT	Central Africa Time
49#	 2:00	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
50# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
51#	 1:00	WAT	West Africa Time
52# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
53# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
54# until we get more information.
55#
56# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
57#	 2:00	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
58#	 2:30	BEAT	British East Africa Time (no longer used)
59#	 2:45	BEAUT	British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
60#	 3:00	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61#	 3:00	SAST	South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
62#	 3:00	EAT	East Africa Time
63#	 4:00	EAST	East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
64
65# Algeria
66# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
67Rule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
68Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun<=7	23:00s	0	-
69Rule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
70Rule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
71Rule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
72Rule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
73Rule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
74Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
75Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
76Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
77Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
78Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon<=7	 2:00	1:00	S
79Rule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
80Rule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
81Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
82Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
83Rule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
84Rule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
85Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
86Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
87Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
88Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
89# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
90# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
91Zone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
92			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
93			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25 2:00
94			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
95			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
96			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
97			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
98			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
99			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
100			1:00	-	CET
101
102# Angola
103# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
104Zone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
105			0:52:04	-	LMT	1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
106			1:00	-	WAT
107
108# Benin
109# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
110# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
111Zone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
112			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
113			1:00	-	WAT
114
115# Botswana
116# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
117Zone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
118			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19 2:00
119			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
120			2:00	-	CAT
121
122# Burkina Faso
123# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
124Zone Africa/Ouagadougou	-0:06:04 -	LMT	1912
125			 0:00	-	GMT
126
127# Burundi
128# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
129Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
130			2:00	-	CAT
131
132# Cameroon
133# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
134# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
135Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
136			1:00	-	WAT
137
138# Cape Verde
139# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
140Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1907			# Praia
141			-2:00	-	CVT	1942 Sep
142			-2:00	1:00	CVST	1945 Oct 15
143			-2:00	-	CVT	1975 Nov 25 2:00
144			-1:00	-	CVT
145
146# Central African Republic
147# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
148Zone	Africa/Bangui	1:14:20	-	LMT	1912
149			1:00	-	WAT
150
151# Chad
152# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
153Zone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912
154			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
155			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
156			1:00	-	WAT
157
158# Comoros
159# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
160Zone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul   # Moroni, Gran Comoro
161			3:00	-	EAT
162
163# Democratic Republic of Congo
164# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
165Zone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
166			1:00	-	WAT
167Zone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
168			2:00	-	CAT
169
170# Republic of the Congo
171# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
172Zone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
173			1:00	-	WAT
174
175# Cote D'Ivoire
176# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
177Zone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912
178			 0:00	-	GMT
179
180# Djibouti
181# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
182Zone	Africa/Djibouti	2:52:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul
183			3:00	-	EAT
184
185###############################################################################
186
187# Egypt
188
189# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
190Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
191Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
192Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
193Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
194Rule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
195Rule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
196Rule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
197Rule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
198Rule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
199Rule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
200Rule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
201Rule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
202Rule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
203Rule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
204Rule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
205Rule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
206Rule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
207Rule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
208Rule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
209# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
210# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
211Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	Fri>=22	 0:00s	1:00	S
212Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
213
214# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
215Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
216			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
217
218# Equatorial Guinea
219# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
220Zone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
221			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
222			1:00	-	WAT
223
224# Eritrea
225# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
226Zone	Africa/Asmera	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
227			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmera Mean Time
228			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
229			3:00	-	EAT
230
231# Ethiopia
232# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
233# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
234# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
235# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
236# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
237Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
238			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
239			3:00	-	EAT
240
241# Gabon
242# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
243Zone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
244			1:00	-	WAT
245
246# Gambia
247# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
248Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
249			-1:06:36 -	BMT	1935	# Banjul Mean Time
250			-1:00	-	WAT	1964
251			 0:00	-	GMT
252
253# Ghana
254# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
255# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
256Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	GHST
257Rule	Ghana	1936	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	GMT
258# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
259Zone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
260			 0:00	Ghana	%s
261
262# Guinea
263# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
264Zone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
265			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
266			-1:00	-	WAT	1960
267			 0:00	-	GMT
268
269# Guinea-Bissau
270# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
271Zone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1911 May 26
272			-1:00	-	WAT	1975
273			 0:00	-	GMT
274
275# Kenya
276# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
277Zone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
278			3:00	-	EAT	1930
279			2:30	-	BEAT	1940
280			2:45	-	BEAUT	1960
281			3:00	-	EAT
282
283# Lesotho
284# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
285Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
286			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19 2:00
287			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19 2:00
288			2:00	-	SAST
289
290# Liberia
291# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
292# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
293# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
294# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
295# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
296# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
297# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
298#
299# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman:
300# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
301Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
302			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
303			-0:44:30 -	LRT	1972 May # Liberia Time
304			 0:00	-	GMT
305
306###############################################################################
307
308# Libya
309
310# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
311Rule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
312Rule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
313Rule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
314Rule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
315Rule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
316Rule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
317Rule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
318Rule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
319Rule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
320Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
321Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
322Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
323Rule	Libya	1987	1990	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
324Rule	Libya	1990	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	S
325Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Mar	30	2:00s	1:00	S
326Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Sep	30	2:00s	0	-
327Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
328Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
329# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
330Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
331			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
332			2:00	-	EET	1982
333			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1991
334			2:00	-	EET	1996 Mar 30 3:00
335			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4 0:00
336			2:00	-	EET
337
338# Madagascar
339# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
340Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
341			3:00	-	EAT	1954 Feb 27 23:00s
342			3:00	1:00	EAST	1954 May 29 23:00s
343			3:00	-	EAT
344
345# Malawi
346# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
347Zone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
348			2:00	-	CAT
349
350# Mali
351# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
352Zone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
353			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
354			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Jun 20
355			 0:00	-	GMT
356# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
357Zone	Africa/Timbuktu	-0:12:04 -	LMT	1912
358			 0:00	-	GMT
359
360# Mauritania
361# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
362Zone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
363			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
364			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Nov 28
365			 0:00	-	GMT
366
367# Mauritius
368# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
369Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
370			4:00	-	MUT	# Mauritius Time
371# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
372# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
373
374# Mayotte
375# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
376Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
377			3:00	-	EAT
378
379# Morocco
380# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
381# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
382Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
383Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
384Rule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	S
385Rule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
386Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	S
387Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
388Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	S
389Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
390Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	S
391Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
392Rule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
393Rule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
394Rule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
395Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
396Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
397# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
398Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
399			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
400			 1:00	-	CET	1986
401			 0:00	-	WET
402# Western Sahara
403Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
404			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
405			 0:00	-	WET
406
407# Mozambique
408# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
409Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
410			2:00	-	CAT
411
412# Namibia
413# Shanks says DST transitions are at 0:00; go with IATA.
414# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
415# RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
416Rule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
417Rule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
418# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
419Zone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
420			1:30	-	SWAT	1903 Mar	# SW Africa Time
421			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20 2:00
422			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21 2:00
423			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
424			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Apr  3
425			1:00	Namibia	WA%sT
426
427# Niger
428# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
429Zone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
430			-1:00	-	WAT	1934 Feb 26
431			 0:00	-	GMT	1960
432			 1:00	-	WAT
433
434# Nigeria
435# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
436Zone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
437			1:00	-	WAT
438
439# Reunion
440# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
441Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
442			4:00	-	RET	# Reunion Time
443#
444# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
445# The following information about them is taken from
446# <a href="http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm">
447# Iles Eparses
448# </a>
449# (1997-07-22, in French).  We have no info about their time zone histories.
450#
451# Bassas da India - uninhabited
452# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
453# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
454# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
455# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
456
457# Rwanda
458# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
459Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
460			2:00	-	CAT
461
462# St Helena
463# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
464# Shanks says St Helena was 1W26 (-0:05:44) from 1890 to 1951,
465# but this is most likely a typo for 5W42, the longitude of Jamestown.
466# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
467Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
468			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
469			 0:00	-	GMT
470# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
471#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
472#	Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
473#	Gough (scientific station since 1955): on GMT, says the CIA
474#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
475
476# Sao Tome and Principe
477# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
478Zone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
479			-0:36:32 -	LMT	1912	# Lisbon Mean Time
480			 0:00	-	GMT
481
482# Senegal
483# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
484Zone	Africa/Dakar	-1:09:44 -	LMT	1912
485			-1:00	-	WAT	1941 Jun
486			 0:00	-	GMT
487
488# Seychelles
489# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
490Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun	# Victoria
491			4:00	-	SCT	# Seychelles Time
492
493# Sierra Leone
494# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
495# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
496Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Jun	 1	0:00	0:40	SLST
497Rule	SL	1935	1942	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	WAT
498Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	SLST
499Rule	SL	1957	1962	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0	GMT
500# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
501Zone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
502			-0:53:00 -	FMT	1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
503			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
504			 0:00	SL	%s
505
506# Somalia
507# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
508Zone Africa/Mogadishu	3:01:28 -	LMT	1893 Nov
509			3:00	-	EAT	1931
510			2:30	-	BEAT	1957
511			3:00	-	EAT
512
513# South Africa
514# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
515Rule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
516Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
517# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
518Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
519			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
520			2:00	SA	SAST
521# Shanks erroneously claims that most of South Africa switched to 1:00
522# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00.
523#
524# Marion and Prince Edward Is
525# weather station since 1947
526# no information
527
528# Sudan
529# From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (1995-11-15):
530# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change.
531# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the
532# United Nations: 212-573-6033
533# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
534Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
535Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
536Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
537Rule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
538# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
539Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
540			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT
541
542# Swaziland
543# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
544Zone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
545			2:00	-	SAST
546
547# Tanzania
548# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
549Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -	LMT	1931
550			3:00	-	EAT	1948
551			2:45	-	BEAUT	1961
552			3:00	-	EAT
553
554# Togo
555# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
556Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
557			0:00	-	GMT
558
559# Tunisia
560# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
561Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
562Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
563Rule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
564Rule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
565Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
566Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
567Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
568Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
569Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
570Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
571Rule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
572Rule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
573Rule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
574Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
575Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
576Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
577Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
578Rule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
579Rule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
580Rule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
581Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
582# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
583# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
584# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
585Zone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
586			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
587			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
588
589# Uganda
590# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
591Zone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
592			3:00	-	EAT	1930
593			2:30	-	BEAT	1948
594			2:45	-	BEAUT	1957
595			3:00	-	EAT
596
597# Zambia
598# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
599Zone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
600			2:00	-	CAT
601
602# Zimbabwe
603# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
604Zone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
605			2:00	-	CAT
606