africa revision 1.33
1# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.33 2010/08/19 12:09:52 millert Exp $ 2# <pre> 3# @(#)africa 8.28 4# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 5# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 6 7# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 8# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 9# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 10 11# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 12# 13# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 14# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 15# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 16# 17# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 18# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 19# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 20# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 21# of the IATA's data after 1990. 22# 23# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 24# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 25# 26# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 27# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 28# I found in the UCLA library. 29# 30# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 31# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 32# 33# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 34# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 35# but Mark R V Murray reports that 36# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 37# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 38# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 39# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 40# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 41# 42# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 43# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 44# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 45# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 46# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 47# 48# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 49# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 50# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 51# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 52# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 53# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 54# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 55# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 56# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 57# until we get more information. 58# 59# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 60# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 61# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 62# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 63# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 64# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 65# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 66# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 67 68# Algeria 69# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 70Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 71Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 72Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 74Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 75Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 76Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 77Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 78Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 79Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 80Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 81Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 82Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 83Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 84Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 85Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 86Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 87Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 88Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 89Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 90Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 91Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 92# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 93# more precise 0:09:21. 94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 96 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 97 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 98 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 99 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 100 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 101 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 102 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 103 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 104 1:00 - CET 105 106# Angola 107# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 108Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 109 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 110 1:00 - WAT 111 112# Benin 113# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 114# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 115# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 116Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 117 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 118 1:00 - WAT 119 120# Botswana 121# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 122Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 123 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 124 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 125 2:00 - CAT 126 127# Burkina Faso 128# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 129Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 130 0:00 - GMT 131 132# Burundi 133# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 134Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 135 2:00 - CAT 136 137# Cameroon 138# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 139# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 140Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 141 1:00 - WAT 142 143# Cape Verde 144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 145Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 146 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 147 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 148 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 149 -1:00 - CVT 150 151# Central African Republic 152# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 153Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 154 1:00 - WAT 155 156# Chad 157# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 158Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 159 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 160 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 161 1:00 - WAT 162 163# Comoros 164# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 165Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 166 3:00 - EAT 167 168# Democratic Republic of Congo 169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 170Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 171 1:00 - WAT 172Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 173 2:00 - CAT 174 175# Republic of the Congo 176# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 177Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 178 1:00 - WAT 179 180# Cote D'Ivoire 181# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 182Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 183 0:00 - GMT 184 185# Djibouti 186# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 187Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 188 3:00 - EAT 189 190############################################################################### 191 192# Egypt 193 194# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 195Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 196Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 197Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 198Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 199Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 200Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 201Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 202Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 203Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 204Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 205Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 206Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 207Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 208Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 209Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 210Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 211Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 212Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 213Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 214# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 215# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 216Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 217Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 218# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 219# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 220# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 221# after observing the daylight saving time since May. 222# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 223Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 224# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 225# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 226# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 227# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 228# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 229# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 230# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 231# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 232Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 233# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 234# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 235# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 236# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 237# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 238# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 239# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 240# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 241# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 242 243# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 244# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 245# 246# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 247# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 248# Apr 23 249# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 250# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 251# Apr 24 252# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 253# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 254# Aug 27 255# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 256# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 257# Aug 27 258# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 259# 260# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 261# :59) 262# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 263# 264# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 265# 266# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 267# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 268# </a> 269# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 270# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 271# </a> 272# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 273# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 274# </a> 275 276# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 277# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 278# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 279# in September. 280 281# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 282# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 283# Information and Decision Support Center: 284# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 285# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 286# </a> 287# 288# The Middle East News Agency 289# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 290# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 291# </a> 292# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 293# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 294# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 295# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 296# (at least today). 297 298# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 299# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 300# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 301# Ramadan. 302# 303# Arabic translation: 304# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" 305# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> 306# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 307# </a> 308# or 309# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> 310# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 311# </a> 312 313Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 314Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 315Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 316Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 317Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 318 319# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 320Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 321 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 322 323# Equatorial Guinea 324# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 325Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 326 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 327 1:00 - WAT 328 329# Eritrea 330# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 331Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 332 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 333 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 334 3:00 - EAT 335 336# Ethiopia 337# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 338# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 339# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 340# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 342Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 343 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 344 3:00 - EAT 345 346# Gabon 347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 348Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 349 1:00 - WAT 350 351# Gambia 352# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 353Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 354 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 355 -1:00 - WAT 1964 356 0:00 - GMT 357 358# Ghana 359# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 360# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 361# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 362Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 363Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 364# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 365Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 366 0:00 Ghana %s 367 368# Guinea 369# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 370Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 371 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 372 -1:00 - WAT 1960 373 0:00 - GMT 374 375# Guinea-Bissau 376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 377Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 378 -1:00 - WAT 1975 379 0:00 - GMT 380 381# Kenya 382# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 383Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 384 3:00 - EAT 1930 385 2:30 - BEAT 1940 386 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 387 3:00 - EAT 388 389# Lesotho 390# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 391Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 392 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 393 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 394 2:00 - SAST 395 396# Liberia 397# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 398# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 399# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 400# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 401# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 402# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 403# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 404# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 405# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 406Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 407 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 408 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 409 0:00 - GMT 410 411############################################################################### 412 413# Libya 414 415# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 416Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 417Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 418Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 419Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 420Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 421Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 422Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 423Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 424Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 425Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 426Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 427Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 428Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 429# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 430Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 431 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 432 2:00 - EET 1982 433 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 434# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 435# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 436 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 437 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 438 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 439 2:00 - EET 440 441# Madagascar 442# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 443Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 444 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 445 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 446 3:00 - EAT 447 448# Malawi 449# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 450Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 451 2:00 - CAT 452 453# Mali 454# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 455Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 456 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 457 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 458 0:00 - GMT 459 460# Mauritania 461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 462Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 463 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 464 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 465 0:00 - GMT 466 467# Mauritius 468 469# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 470# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 471# basis.... 472# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 473# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 474# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 475 476# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 477# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 478 479# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 480# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 481# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 482# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 483 484# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 485# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 486 487# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 488# According to 489# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 490# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 491# </a> 492# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 493# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 494# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 495# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 496# 497# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 498# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 499# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 500# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 501# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 502# changes two days later. 503 504# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 505# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 506# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 507# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 508# 509# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 510# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 511# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 512# ... 513# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 514# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 515# </a> 516 517# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 518# The Government of Mauritius weblink 519# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 520# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 521# </a> 522# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 523# 524# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 525# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 526# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 527# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 528# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 529# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 530# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 531# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 532# and end on 29 March 2009. 533 534# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 535# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 536# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 537# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 538# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 539# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 540# </a> 541 542# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 543# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 544# DST the coming summer... 545# 546# Some sources, in French: 547# <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB"> 548# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB 549# </a> 550# <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-"> 551# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints- 552# </a> 553# 554# Our wrap-up: 555# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 556# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 557# </a> 558 559# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 560# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 561# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 562# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 563 564# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 565Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 566Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 567Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 568Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 569# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 570Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 571 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 572# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 573# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 574 575# Mayotte 576# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 577Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 578 3:00 - EAT 579 580# Morocco 581# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 582 583# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 584# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 585# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 586# 587# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 588# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 589# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 590# 591# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 592# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 593# </a> 594# OR 595# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 596# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 597# </a> 598 599# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 600# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 601# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 602# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 603# </a> 604# 605# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 606# spokesman. 607 608# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 609# According to this article: 610# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 611# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 612# </a> 613# (and republished here: 614# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 615# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 616# </a> 617# ) 618# the changes occurs at midnight: 619# 620# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 621# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 622# sunday night the 28th at midnight 623# 624# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 625# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 626# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 627# june1st to sept 27th. 628# 629# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 630# published on the web. 631# 632# It's also confirmed here: 633# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 634# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 635# </a> 636# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 637# posted in english). 638# 639# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 640# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 641# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 642# </a> 643 644# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 645# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 646# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 647# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 648# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 649 650# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 651# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 652 653# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 654# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 655# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 656# of September: 657# 658# One article about it (in French): 659# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> 660# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 661# </a> 662# 663# We have some further details posted here: 664# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 665# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 666# </a> 667 668# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 669# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 670# to many sources, such as 671# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 672# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 673# </a> 674# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 675# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 676# </a> 677# (French) 678# 679# Our summary: 680# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 681# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 682# </a> 683 684# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 685# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 686# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 687# 688# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 689# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 690# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 691# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 692# 693# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 694# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 695# </a> 696# 697# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 698# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 699# </a> 700 701# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 702# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 703# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 704# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 705# 706# Example: 707# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 708# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 709# </a> 710# (French) 711# Our page: 712# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 713# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 714# </a> 715 716# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 717 718Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 719Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 720Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 721Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 722Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 723Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 724Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 725Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 726Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 727Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 728Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 729Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 730Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 731Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 732Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 733Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 734Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 735Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 736Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 737Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 738Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 739# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 740Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 741 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 742 1:00 - CET 1986 743 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 744# Western Sahara 745Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 746 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 747 0:00 - WET 748 749# Mozambique 750# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 751Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 752 2:00 - CAT 753 754# Namibia 755# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 756# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 757 758# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 759# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 760# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 761# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 762# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 763# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 764# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 765# of the country. 766# 767# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 768# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 769# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 770 771# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 772Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 773Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 775Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 776 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 777 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 778 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 779 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 780 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 781 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 782 783# Niger 784# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 785Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 786 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 787 0:00 - GMT 1960 788 1:00 - WAT 789 790# Nigeria 791# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 792Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 793 1:00 - WAT 794 795# Reunion 796# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 797Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 798 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 799# 800# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 801# The following information about them is taken from 802# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 803# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 804# We have no info about their time zone histories. 805# 806# Bassas da India - uninhabited 807# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 808# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 809# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 810# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 811 812# Rwanda 813# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 814Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 815 2:00 - CAT 816 817# St Helena 818# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 819Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 820 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 821 0:00 - GMT 822# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 823# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 824# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 825# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 826# on GMT, says the CIA 827# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 828 829# Sao Tome and Principe 830# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 831Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 832 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 833 0:00 - GMT 834 835# Senegal 836# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 837Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 838 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 839 0:00 - GMT 840 841# Seychelles 842# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 843Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 844 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 845# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 846# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 847# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 848# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 849# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 850# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 851 852# Sierra Leone 853# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 854# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 855Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 856Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 857Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 858Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 859# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 860Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 861 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 862 -1:00 SL %s 1957 863 0:00 SL %s 864 865# Somalia 866# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 867Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 868 3:00 - EAT 1931 869 2:30 - BEAT 1957 870 3:00 - EAT 871 872# South Africa 873# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 874Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 875Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 876# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 877Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 878 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 879 2:00 SA SAST 880# Marion and Prince Edward Is 881# scientific station since 1947 882# no information 883 884# Sudan 885# 886# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 887# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 888# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 889# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 890# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 891# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 892# 893# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 894Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 895Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 896Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 897Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 898# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 899Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 900 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 901 3:00 - EAT 902 903# Swaziland 904# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 905Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 906 2:00 - SAST 907 908# Tanzania 909# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 910Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 911 3:00 - EAT 1948 912 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 913 3:00 - EAT 914 915# Togo 916# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 917Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 918 0:00 - GMT 919 920# Tunisia 921 922# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 923# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 924# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 925# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 926# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 927# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 928# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 929# Saturday." (My translation) 930# 931# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 932# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 933# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 934# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 935# 1h standard time. 936# 937# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 938# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 939# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 940# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 941# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 942 943# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 944# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 945# (Arabic) 946# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 947# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 948# </a> 949# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 950# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 951# </a> 952# 953# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 954# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 955# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 956# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 957# </a> 958 959# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 960# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 961# 962# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 963# 964# (in English) 965# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 966# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 967# </a> 968# 969# (in Arabic) 970# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 971# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 972# </a> 973 974# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 975# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 976# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 977# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 978# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 979 980# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 981# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 982# 983# (translation): 984# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 985# Sunday... 986# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 987# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 988# 989# (in Arabic) 990# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 991# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 992# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 993# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 994# or 995# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 996# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 997 998# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 999Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 1000Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 1001Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 1002Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 1003Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 1004Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 1005Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 1006Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 1007Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 1008Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 1009Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 1010Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 1011Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1012Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 1013Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 1014Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1015Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 1016Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1017Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 1018Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 1019Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1020Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1021Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1022Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1023Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1024 1025# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1026# more precise 0:09:21. 1027# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 1028# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1029Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1030 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1031 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 1032 1033# Uganda 1034# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1035Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 1036 3:00 - EAT 1930 1037 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1038 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 1039 3:00 - EAT 1040 1041# Zambia 1042# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1043Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1044 2:00 - CAT 1045 1046# Zimbabwe 1047# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1048Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1049 2:00 - CAT 1050