africa revision 86222
186222Swollman# @(#)africa 7.36 267578Swollman 358787Sru# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/africa 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z wollman $ 42742Swollman 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 72742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 82742Swollman 958787Sru# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): 102742Swollman# 112742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 1258787Sru# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 1358787Sru# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 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# 2120094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 2220094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 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# 2814343Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 2958787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 3014343Swollman# 3130711Swollman# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 3230711Swollman# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 3367578Swollman# but Mark R V Murray <markm@grondar.za> reports that 3430711Swollman# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 3530711Swollman# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 3630711Swollman# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 3730711Swollman# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 3830711Swollman# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 392742Swollman# 4030711Swollman# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 4130711Swollman# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 4230711Swollman# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 4330711Swollman# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 4430711Swollman# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 452742Swollman# 4630711Swollman# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 4730711Swollman# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 4830711Swollman# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 4930711Swollman# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 5030711Swollman# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 5130711Swollman# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 5230711Swollman# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 5330711Swollman# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 5430711Swollman# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 5530711Swollman# until we get more information. 562742Swollman# 5730711Swollman# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 5830711Swollman# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 5930711Swollman# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 6086222Swollman# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 6130711Swollman# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 6230711Swollman# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 632742Swollman# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 6430711Swollman# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 652742Swollman 662742Swollman# Algeria 672742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6819878SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 692742SwollmanRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 - 7019878SwollmanRule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 7119878SwollmanRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 7219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 7319878SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 742742SwollmanRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 7519878SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 762742SwollmanRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 7719878SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 782742SwollmanRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 7919878SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S 802742SwollmanRule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 812742SwollmanRule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 8219878SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 832742SwollmanRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 8419878SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 852742SwollmanRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 8619878SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 872742SwollmanRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 8819878SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 892742SwollmanRule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 9014343Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 912742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 922742SwollmanZone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 9314343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 9419878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 9519878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 962742Swollman 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 9719878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 9819878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 9919878Swollman 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 10019878Swollman 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 10119878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1022742Swollman 1032742Swollman# Angola 1042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1052742SwollmanZone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 10686222Swollman 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 10730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1082742Swollman 1092742Swollman# Benin 1102742Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. 1112742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1122742SwollmanZone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 11330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 11430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1152742Swollman 1162742Swollman# Botswana 1172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1182742SwollmanZone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 11930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 12030711Swollman 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 12130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1222742Swollman 1232742Swollman# Burkina Faso 1242742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1252742SwollmanZone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 12630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1272742Swollman 1282742Swollman# Burundi 1292742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1302742SwollmanZone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 13130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1322742Swollman 1332742Swollman# Cameroon 1342742Swollman# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks. 1352742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1362742SwollmanZone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 13730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1382742Swollman 1392742Swollman# Cape Verde 1402742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1412742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 1422742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 1432742Swollman -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 1442742Swollman -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 14519878Swollman -1:00 - CVT 1462742Swollman 1472742Swollman# Central African Republic 1482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1492742SwollmanZone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 15030711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1512742Swollman 1522742Swollman# Chad 1532742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1542742SwollmanZone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 15530711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 15630711Swollman 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 15730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1582742Swollman 1592742Swollman# Comoros 1602742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1612742SwollmanZone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 1622742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1632742Swollman 16430711Swollman# Democratic Republic of Congo 1652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 16630711SwollmanZone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 16730711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 16830711SwollmanZone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 16930711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 17030711Swollman 17130711Swollman# Republic of the Congo 17230711Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1732742SwollmanZone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 17430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 1752742Swollman 1762742Swollman# Cote D'Ivoire 1772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1782742SwollmanZone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 17930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1802742Swollman 1812742Swollman# Djibouti 1822742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1832742SwollmanZone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1842742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1852742Swollman 1862742Swollman############################################################################### 1872742Swollman 1882742Swollman# Egypt 1892742Swollman 1902742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 19119878SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 1922742SwollmanRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 19319878SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 1942742SwollmanRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 19519878SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 1962742SwollmanRule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 1972742SwollmanRule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 19819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 19919878SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 2002742SwollmanRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 20119878SwollmanRule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 20219878SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 2032742SwollmanRule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 20430711SwollmanRule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 20519878SwollmanRule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 20619878SwollmanRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 20719878SwollmanRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 20819878SwollmanRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 20930711SwollmanRule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 21043014Swollman# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 21143543Swollman# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 21258787SruRule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 21343543SwollmanRule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 21420094Swollman 2152742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2162742SwollmanZone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 21719878Swollman 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 2182742Swollman 2192742Swollman# Equatorial Guinea 2202742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2212742SwollmanZone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 22230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 22330711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2242742Swollman 2252742Swollman# Eritrea 2262742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2272742SwollmanZone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 22819878Swollman 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time 22930711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 2302742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2312742Swollman 2322742Swollman# Ethiopia 23330711Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): 23430711Swollman# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between 23530711Swollman# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 23630711Swollman# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 2372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2382742SwollmanZone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 23930711Swollman 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 2402742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2412742Swollman 2422742Swollman# Gabon 2432742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2442742SwollmanZone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 24530711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 2462742Swollman 2472742Swollman# Gambia 2482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2492742SwollmanZone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 25019878Swollman -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 25130711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1964 25230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2532742Swollman 2542742Swollman# Ghana 2552742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2562742Swollman# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks. 25730711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 25830711SwollmanRule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 2592742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2602742SwollmanZone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 2612742Swollman 0:00 Ghana %s 2622742Swollman 2632742Swollman# Guinea 2642742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2652742SwollmanZone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 26630711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 26730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 26830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2692742Swollman 2702742Swollman# Guinea-Bissau 2712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2722742SwollmanZone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 27330711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1975 27430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 2752742Swollman 2762742Swollman# Kenya 2772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2782742SwollmanZone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2792742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 28030711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1940 28186222Swollman 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 2822742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 2832742Swollman 2842742Swollman# Lesotho 2852742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2862742SwollmanZone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 28730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 2882742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 28930711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 2902742Swollman 2912742Swollman# Liberia 29286222Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2001-07-17): 2932742Swollman# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 29486222Swollman# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 29514343Swollman# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 29614343Swollman# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. 29714343Swollman# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman 29814343Swollman# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 2992742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3002742SwollmanZone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 3012742Swollman -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 30219878Swollman -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 30330711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3042742Swollman 3052742Swollman############################################################################### 3062742Swollman 3072742Swollman# Libya 3082742Swollman 3092742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 31019878SwollmanRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 3112742SwollmanRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 31219878SwollmanRule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 3132742SwollmanRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 31419878SwollmanRule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 3152742SwollmanRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 31619878SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 3172742SwollmanRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 31819878SwollmanRule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 31919878SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 3202742SwollmanRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 32119878SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 3222742SwollmanRule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 3232742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3242742SwollmanZone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 32519878Swollman 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 3262742Swollman 2:00 - EET 1982 32758787Sru 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 32858787Sru# The following entries are all from Shanks; 32958787Sru# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 33058787Sru 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 33158787Sru 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 33258787Sru 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 33343014Swollman 2:00 - EET 3342742Swollman 3352742Swollman# Madagascar 3362742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3372742SwollmanZone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 3382742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 3392742Swollman 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 3402742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3412742Swollman 3422742Swollman# Malawi 3432742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3442742SwollmanZone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 34530711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 3462742Swollman 3472742Swollman# Mali 3482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3492742SwollmanZone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 35030711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 35130711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 35230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3532742Swollman# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit 3542742SwollmanZone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912 35530711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3562742Swollman 3572742Swollman# Mauritania 3582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3592742SwollmanZone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 36030711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 36130711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 36230711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 3632742Swollman 3642742Swollman# Mauritius 3652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3662742SwollmanZone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 36719878Swollman 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time 3682742Swollman# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 3692742Swollman# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 3702742Swollman 3712742Swollman# Mayotte 3722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 37314343SwollmanZone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3742742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 3752742Swollman 3762742Swollman# Morocco 37730711Swollman# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 37820094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 37919878SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 3802742SwollmanRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 38119878SwollmanRule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 3822742SwollmanRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 38319878SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 3842742SwollmanRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 38519878SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 3862742SwollmanRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 38719878SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 3882742SwollmanRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 38919878SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 3902742SwollmanRule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 3912742SwollmanRule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 39219878SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 3932742SwollmanRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 3942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3952742SwollmanZone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 39619878Swollman 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 39719878Swollman 1:00 - CET 1986 3982742Swollman 0:00 - WET 39919878Swollman# Western Sahara 40019878SwollmanZone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 40130711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 40219878Swollman 0:00 - WET 4038029Swollman 4042742Swollman# Mozambique 4052742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4062742SwollmanZone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 40730711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4082742Swollman 4092742Swollman# Namibia 41030711Swollman# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks. 41158787Sru# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 41220094Swollman# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 41320094SwollmanRule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 41420094SwollmanRule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 4152742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4162742SwollmanZone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 4172742Swollman 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 41830711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 4192742Swollman 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 42030711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 42130711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 42230711Swollman 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 4232742Swollman 4242742Swollman# Niger 4252742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 42630711SwollmanZone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 42730711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 42830711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 1960 42930711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 4302742Swollman 4312742Swollman# Nigeria 4322742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4332742SwollmanZone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 43430711Swollman 1:00 - WAT 4352742Swollman 4362742Swollman# Reunion 4372742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 43814343SwollmanZone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 43919878Swollman 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 44043014Swollman# 44143014Swollman# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 44243014Swollman# The following information about them is taken from 44358787Sru# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 44458787Sru# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 44558787Sru# We have no info about their time zone histories. 44643014Swollman# 44743014Swollman# Bassas da India - uninhabited 44843014Swollman# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 44943014Swollman# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 45043014Swollman# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 45143014Swollman# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 4522742Swollman 4532742Swollman# Rwanda 4542742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4552742SwollmanZone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 45630711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 4572742Swollman 4582742Swollman# St Helena 4592742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4602742SwollmanZone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 46130711Swollman -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 4622742Swollman 0:00 - GMT 46314343Swollman# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 46430711Swollman# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 46530711Swollman# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 46658787Sru# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 46758787Sru# on GMT, says the CIA 46830711Swollman# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 46914343Swollman 4702742Swollman# Sao Tome and Principe 4712742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4722742SwollmanZone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 47319878Swollman -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 47430711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4752742Swollman 4762742Swollman# Senegal 4772742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4782742SwollmanZone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 47930711Swollman -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 48030711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 4812742Swollman 4822742Swollman# Seychelles 4832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4842742SwollmanZone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 48519878Swollman 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 48686222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 48786222Swollman# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 48886222Swollman# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 48986222Swollman# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 49086222Swollman# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 49186222Swollman# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 4922742Swollman 4932742Swollman# Sierra Leone 4942742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4952742Swollman# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks. 49630711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 49730711SwollmanRule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 49830711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 49930711SwollmanRule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 5002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5012742SwollmanZone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 50219878Swollman -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 50330711Swollman -1:00 SL %s 1957 50430711Swollman 0:00 SL %s 5052742Swollman 5062742Swollman# Somalia 5072742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5082742SwollmanZone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 5092742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1931 51030711Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1957 5112742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5122742Swollman 5132742Swollman# South Africa 5142742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 51530711SwollmanRule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 5162742SwollmanRule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 5172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5182742SwollmanZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 51930711Swollman 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 52030711Swollman 2:00 SA SAST 52130711Swollman# Marion and Prince Edward Is 52258787Sru# scientific station since 1947 5232742Swollman# no information 5242742Swollman 5252742Swollman# Sudan 52658787Sru# 52758787Sru# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 52858787Sru# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 52958787Sru# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 53058787Sru# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 53158787Sru# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 53258787Sru# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 53358787Sru# 5342742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 53519878SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 53614343SwollmanRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 53719878SwollmanRule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 53819878SwollmanRule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 5392742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5402742SwollmanZone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 54158787Sru 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 54258787Sru 3:00 - EAT 5432742Swollman 5442742Swollman# Swaziland 5452742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5462742SwollmanZone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 54730711Swollman 2:00 - SAST 5482742Swollman 5492742Swollman# Tanzania 5502742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5512742SwollmanZone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 5522742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1948 55386222Swollman 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 5542742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5552742Swollman 5562742Swollman# Togo 5572742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5582742SwollmanZone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 55930711Swollman 0:00 - GMT 5602742Swollman 5612742Swollman# Tunisia 5622742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 56319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 5642742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 56519878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 5662742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 56719878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 5682742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 56919878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 5702742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 57119878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 5722742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 57319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 5742742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 5752742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 57619878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 5772742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 57819878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 5792742SwollmanRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 58019878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 58120094SwollmanRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 58219878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 58319878SwollmanRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 58414343Swollman# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21. 58514343Swollman# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 5862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5872742SwollmanZone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 58814343Swollman 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 58919878Swollman 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 5902742Swollman 5912742Swollman# Uganda 5922742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5932742SwollmanZone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 5942742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 1930 5952742Swollman 2:30 - BEAT 1948 59686222Swollman 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 5972742Swollman 3:00 - EAT 5982742Swollman 5992742Swollman# Zambia 6002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6012742SwollmanZone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 60230711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 6032742Swollman 6042742Swollman# Zimbabwe 6052742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6062742SwollmanZone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 60730711Swollman 2:00 - CAT 608