africa revision 1.17
1# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.17 2007/02/02 20:26:51 millert Exp $ 2# @(#)africa 8.7 3# <pre> 4 5# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 6# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 7# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 8 9# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 10# 11# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14# 15# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 16# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 17# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 18# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 19# of the IATA's data after 1990. 20# 21# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 22# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 23# 24# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 25# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 26# I found in the UCLA library. 27# 28# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 29# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 30# 31# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 32# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 33# but Mark R V Murray reports that 34# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 35# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 36# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 37# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 38# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 39# 40# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 41# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 42# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 43# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 44# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 45# 46# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 47# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 48# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 49# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 50# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 51# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 52# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 53# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 54# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 55# until we get more information. 56# 57# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 58# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 59# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 60# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 61# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 62# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 63# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 64# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 65 66# Algeria 67# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 68Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 69Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 70Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 71Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 72Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 74Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 76Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 78Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 79Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 80Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 81Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 83Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 84Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 85Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 87Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 89Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 90# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 91# more precise 0:09:21. 92# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 93Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 94 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 95 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 96 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 97 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 98 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 99 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 100 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 101 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 102 1:00 - CET 103 104# Angola 105# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 106Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 107 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 108 1:00 - WAT 109 110# Benin 111# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 112# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 113# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 114Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 115 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 116 1:00 - WAT 117 118# Botswana 119# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 120Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 121 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 122 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 123 2:00 - CAT 124 125# Burkina Faso 126# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 127Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 128 0:00 - GMT 129 130# Burundi 131# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 132Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 133 2:00 - CAT 134 135# Cameroon 136# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 137# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 138Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 139 1:00 - WAT 140 141# Cape Verde 142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 143Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 144 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 145 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 146 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 147 -1:00 - CVT 148 149# Central African Republic 150# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 151Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 152 1:00 - WAT 153 154# Chad 155# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 156Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 157 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 158 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 159 1:00 - WAT 160 161# Comoros 162# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 163Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 164 3:00 - EAT 165 166# Democratic Republic of Congo 167# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 168Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 169 1:00 - WAT 170Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 171 2:00 - CAT 172 173# Republic of the Congo 174# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 175Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 176 1:00 - WAT 177 178# Cote D'Ivoire 179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 181 0:00 - GMT 182 183# Djibouti 184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 185Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 186 3:00 - EAT 187 188############################################################################### 189 190# Egypt 191 192# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 193Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 194Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 195Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 196Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 197Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 198Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 199Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 200Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 201Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 202Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 203Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 204Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 205Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 206Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 207Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 208Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 209Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 210Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 211Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 212# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 213# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 214Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 215Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 216# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 217# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 218# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 219# after observing the daylight saving time since May. 220# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 221Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 222Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 223 224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 225Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 226 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 227 228# Equatorial Guinea 229# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 230Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 231 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 232 1:00 - WAT 233 234# Eritrea 235# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 236Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 237 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 238 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 239 3:00 - EAT 240 241# Ethiopia 242# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 243# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 244# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 245# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 246# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 247Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 248 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 249 3:00 - EAT 250 251# Gabon 252# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 253Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 254 1:00 - WAT 255 256# Gambia 257# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 258Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 259 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 260 -1:00 - WAT 1964 261 0:00 - GMT 262 263# Ghana 264# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 265# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 266# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 267Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 268Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 269# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 270Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 271 0:00 Ghana %s 272 273# Guinea 274# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 275Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 276 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 277 -1:00 - WAT 1960 278 0:00 - GMT 279 280# Guinea-Bissau 281# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 282Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 283 -1:00 - WAT 1975 284 0:00 - GMT 285 286# Kenya 287# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 288Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 289 3:00 - EAT 1930 290 2:30 - BEAT 1940 291 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 292 3:00 - EAT 293 294# Lesotho 295# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 296Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 297 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 298 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 299 2:00 - SAST 300 301# Liberia 302# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 303# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 304# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 305# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 306# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 307# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 308# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 309# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 310# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 311Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 312 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 313 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 314 0:00 - GMT 315 316############################################################################### 317 318# Libya 319 320# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 321Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 322Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 323Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 324Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 325Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 326Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 327Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 328Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 329Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 330Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 331Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 332Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 333Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 334# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 335Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 336 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 337 2:00 - EET 1982 338 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 339# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 340# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 341 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 342 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 343 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 344 2:00 - EET 345 346# Madagascar 347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 348Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 349 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 350 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 351 3:00 - EAT 352 353# Malawi 354# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 355Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 356 2:00 - CAT 357 358# Mali 359# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 360Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 361 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 362 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 363 0:00 - GMT 364 365# Mauritania 366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 367Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 368 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 369 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 370 0:00 - GMT 371 372# Mauritius 373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 374Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 375 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time 376# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 377# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 378 379# Mayotte 380# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 381Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 382 3:00 - EAT 383 384# Morocco 385# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 386# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 387Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 388Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 389Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 390Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 391Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 392Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 393Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 394Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 395Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 396Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 397Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 398Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 399Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 400Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 401Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 403Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 404 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 405 1:00 - CET 1986 406 0:00 - WET 407# Western Sahara 408Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 409 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 410 0:00 - WET 411 412# Mozambique 413# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 414Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 415 2:00 - CAT 416 417# Namibia 418# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 419# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 420# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 421Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 422Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 423# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 424Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 425 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 426 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 427 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 428 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 429 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 430 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 431 432# Niger 433# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 434Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 435 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 436 0:00 - GMT 1960 437 1:00 - WAT 438 439# Nigeria 440# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 441Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 442 1:00 - WAT 443 444# Reunion 445# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 446Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 447 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 448# 449# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 450# The following information about them is taken from 451# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 452# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 453# We have no info about their time zone histories. 454# 455# Bassas da India - uninhabited 456# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 457# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 458# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 459# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 460 461# Rwanda 462# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 463Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 464 2:00 - CAT 465 466# St Helena 467# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 468Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 469 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 470 0:00 - GMT 471# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 472# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 473# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 474# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 475# on GMT, says the CIA 476# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 477 478# Sao Tome and Principe 479# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 480Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 481 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 482 0:00 - GMT 483 484# Senegal 485# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 486Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 487 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 488 0:00 - GMT 489 490# Seychelles 491# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 492Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 493 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 494# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 495# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 496# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 497# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 498# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 499# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 500 501# Sierra Leone 502# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 503# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 504Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 505Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 506Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 507Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 508# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 509Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 510 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 511 -1:00 SL %s 1957 512 0:00 SL %s 513 514# Somalia 515# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 516Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 517 3:00 - EAT 1931 518 2:30 - BEAT 1957 519 3:00 - EAT 520 521# South Africa 522# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 523Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 524Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 525# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 526Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 527 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 528 2:00 SA SAST 529# Marion and Prince Edward Is 530# scientific station since 1947 531# no information 532 533# Sudan 534# 535# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 536# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 537# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 538# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 539# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 540# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 541# 542# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 543Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 544Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 545Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 546Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 547# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 548Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 549 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 550 3:00 - EAT 551 552# Swaziland 553# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 554Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 555 2:00 - SAST 556 557# Tanzania 558# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 559Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 560 3:00 - EAT 1948 561 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 562 3:00 - EAT 563 564# Togo 565# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 566Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 567 0:00 - GMT 568 569# Tunisia 570 571# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 572# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 573# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 574# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 575# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 576# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 577# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 578# Saturday." (My translation) 579# 580# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 581# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 582# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 583# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 584# 1h standard time. 585# 586# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 587# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 588# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 589# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 590# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 591 592# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 593Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 594Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 595Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 596Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 597Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 598Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 599Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 600Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 601Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 602Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 603Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 604Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 605Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 606Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 607Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 608Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 609Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 610Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 611Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 612Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 613Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 614Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 615Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 616Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 617Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 618# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 619# more precise 0:09:21. 620# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 621# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 622Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 623 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 624 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 625 626# Uganda 627# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 628Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 629 3:00 - EAT 1930 630 2:30 - BEAT 1948 631 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 632 3:00 - EAT 633 634# Zambia 635# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 636Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 637 2:00 - CAT 638 639# Zimbabwe 640# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 641Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 642 2:00 - CAT 643