africa revision 1.37
1# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.37 2012/04/02 15:06:03 millert Exp $ 2# <pre> 3# @(#)africa 8.35 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# 2:45 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. 216 217# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): 218# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight 219# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of 220# Egyptians would approve the cancellation." 221# 222# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time 223# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168"> 224# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 225# </a> 226# or 227# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html"> 228# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html 229# </a> 230Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 231Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 232# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 233# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 234# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 235# after observing the daylight saving time since May. 236# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 237Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 238# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 239# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 240# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 241# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 242# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 243# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 244# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 245# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 246Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 247# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 248# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 249# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 250# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 251# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 252# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 253# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 254# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 255# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 256 257# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 258# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 259# 260# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 261# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 262# Apr 23 263# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 264# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 265# Apr 24 266# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 267# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 268# Aug 27 269# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 270# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 271# Aug 27 272# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 273# 274# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 275# :59) 276# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 277# 278# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 279# 280# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 281# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 282# </a> 283# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 284# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 285# </a> 286# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 287# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 288# </a> 289 290# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 291# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 292# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 293# in September. 294 295# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 296# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 297# Information and Decision Support Center: 298# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 299# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 300# </a> 301# 302# The Middle East News Agency 303# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 304# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 305# </a> 306# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 307# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 308# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 309# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 310# (at least today). 311 312# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 313# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 314# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 315# Ramadan. 316# 317# Arabic translation: 318# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" 319# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> 320# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 321# </a> 322# or 323# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> 324# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 325# </a> 326 327Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 328Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 329Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 330Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 331Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 332 333# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 334Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 335 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 336 337# Equatorial Guinea 338# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 339Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 340 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 341 1:00 - WAT 342 343# Eritrea 344# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 345Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 346 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 347 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 348 3:00 - EAT 349 350# Ethiopia 351# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 352# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 353# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 354# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 355# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 357 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 358 3:00 - EAT 359 360# Gabon 361# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 362Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 363 1:00 - WAT 364 365# Gambia 366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 367Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 368 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 369 -1:00 - WAT 1964 370 0:00 - GMT 371 372# Ghana 373# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 374# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 375# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 376Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 377Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 378# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 379Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 380 0:00 Ghana %s 381 382# Guinea 383# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 384Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 385 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 386 -1:00 - WAT 1960 387 0:00 - GMT 388 389# Guinea-Bissau 390# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 391Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 392 -1:00 - WAT 1975 393 0:00 - GMT 394 395# Kenya 396# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 397Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 398 3:00 - EAT 1930 399 2:30 - BEAT 1940 400 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 401 3:00 - EAT 402 403# Lesotho 404# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 405Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 406 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 407 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 408 2:00 - SAST 409 410# Liberia 411# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 412# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 413# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 414# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 415# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 416# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 417# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 418# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 419# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 420Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 421 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 422 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 423 0:00 - GMT 424 425############################################################################### 426 427# Libya 428 429# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 430Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 431Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 432Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 433Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 434Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 435Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 436Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 437Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 438Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 439Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 440Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 441Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 442Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 443# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 444Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 445 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 446 2:00 - EET 1982 447 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 448# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 449# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 450 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 451 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 452 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 453 2:00 - EET 454 455# Madagascar 456# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 457Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 458 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 459 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 460 3:00 - EAT 461 462# Malawi 463# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 464Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 465 2:00 - CAT 466 467# Mali 468# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 469Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 470 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 471 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 472 0:00 - GMT 473 474# Mauritania 475# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 476Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 477 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 478 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 479 0:00 - GMT 480 481# Mauritius 482 483# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 484# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 485# basis.... 486# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 487# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 488# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 489 490# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 491# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 492 493# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 494# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 495# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 496# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 497 498# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 499# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 500 501# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 502# According to 503# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 504# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 505# </a> 506# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 507# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 508# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 509# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 510# 511# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 512# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 513# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 514# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 515# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 516# changes two days later. 517 518# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 519# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 520# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 521# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 522# 523# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 524# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 525# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 526# ... 527# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 528# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 529# </a> 530 531# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 532# The Government of Mauritius weblink 533# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 534# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 535# </a> 536# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 537# 538# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 539# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 540# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 541# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 542# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 543# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 544# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 545# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 546# and end on 29 March 2009. 547 548# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 549# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 550# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 551# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 552# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 553# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 554# </a> 555 556# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 557# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 558# DST the coming summer... 559# 560# Some sources, in French: 561# <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"> 562# 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 563# </a> 564# <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-"> 565# 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- 566# </a> 567# 568# Our wrap-up: 569# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 570# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 571# </a> 572 573# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 574# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 575# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 576# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 577 578# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 579Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 580Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 581Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 582Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 583# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 584Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 585 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 586# Agalega Is, Rodriguez 587# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 588 589# Mayotte 590# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 591Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 592 3:00 - EAT 593 594# Morocco 595# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 596 597# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 598# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 599# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 600# 601# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 602# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 603# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 604# 605# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 606# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 607# </a> 608# OR 609# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 610# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 611# </a> 612 613# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 614# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 615# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 616# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 617# </a> 618# 619# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 620# spokesman. 621 622# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 623# According to this article: 624# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 625# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 626# </a> 627# (and republished here: 628# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 629# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 630# </a> 631# ) 632# the changes occurs at midnight: 633# 634# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 635# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 636# sunday night the 28th at midnight 637# 638# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 639# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 640# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 641# june1st to sept 27th. 642# 643# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 644# published on the web. 645# 646# It's also confirmed here: 647# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 648# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 649# </a> 650# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 651# posted in english). 652# 653# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 654# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 655# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 656# </a> 657 658# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 659# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 660# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 661# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 662# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 663 664# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 665# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 666 667# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 668# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 669# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 670# of September: 671# 672# One article about it (in French): 673# <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"> 674# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 675# </a> 676# 677# We have some further details posted here: 678# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 679# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 680# </a> 681 682# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 683# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 684# to many sources, such as 685# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 686# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 687# </a> 688# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 689# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 690# </a> 691# (French) 692# 693# Our summary: 694# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 695# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 696# </a> 697 698# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 699# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 700# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 701# 702# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 703# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 704# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 705# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 706# 707# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 708# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 709# </a> 710# 711# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 712# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 713# </a> 714 715# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 716# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 717# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 718# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 719# 720# Example: 721# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 722# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 723# </a> 724# (French) 725# Our page: 726# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 727# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 728# </a> 729 730# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): 731# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) 732# The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 733# The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 734# ...Official links of change in morocco 735# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio 736# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at 737# +212.537.71.84.00 738# <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> 739# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ 740# </a> 741# They said that 742# <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> 743# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view 744# </a> 745# is the official publication to look at. 746# They said that the decision was already taken. 747# 748# More articles in the press 749# <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> 750# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev 751# </a> 752# e.html 753# <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> 754# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 755# </a> 756# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> 757# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim 758# anche-prochain-5538.html 759# </a> 760 761# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): 762# They have it written in English here: 763# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> 764# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view 765# </a> 766# 767# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 768# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of 769# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has 770# also been like that in the past. 771 772# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): 773# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), 774# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: 775# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été 776# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9"> 777# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 778# </a> 779# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on 780# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on 781# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) 782# except the month of Ramadan. 783# or (brief) 784# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> 785# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html 786# </a> 787 788# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): 789# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in 790# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; 791# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. 792# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about 793# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. 794 795# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): 796# Seen Morocco change again: 797# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> 798# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php 799# </a> 800# "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, 801# comme annoncé précédemment." 802 803# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 804 805Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 806Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 807Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 808Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 809Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 810Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 811Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 812Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 813Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 814Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 815Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 816Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 817Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 818Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 819Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 820Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 821Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 822Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 823Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 824Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 825Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 826Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 827Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - 828Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 829Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 830 831# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 832Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 833 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 834 1:00 - CET 1986 835 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 836# Western Sahara 837Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 838 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 839 0:00 - WET 840 841# Mozambique 842# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 843Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 844 2:00 - CAT 845 846# Namibia 847# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 848# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 849 850# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 851# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 852# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 853# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 854# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 855# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 856# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 857# of the country. 858# 859# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 860# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 861# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 862 863# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 864Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 865Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 866# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 867Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 868 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 869 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 870 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 871 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 872 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 873 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 874 875# Niger 876# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 877Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 878 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 879 0:00 - GMT 1960 880 1:00 - WAT 881 882# Nigeria 883# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 884Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 885 1:00 - WAT 886 887# Reunion 888# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 889Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 890 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 891# 892# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 893# The following information about them is taken from 894# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 895# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 896# We have no info about their time zone histories. 897# 898# Bassas da India - uninhabited 899# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 900# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 901# Juan de Nova - uninhabited 902# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 903 904# Rwanda 905# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 906Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 907 2:00 - CAT 908 909# St Helena 910# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 911Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 912 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 913 0:00 - GMT 914# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 915# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 916# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 917# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 918# on GMT, says the CIA 919# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 920 921# Sao Tome and Principe 922# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 923Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 924 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 925 0:00 - GMT 926 927# Senegal 928# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 929Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 930 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 931 0:00 - GMT 932 933# Seychelles 934# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 935Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 936 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 937# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 938# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 939# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 940# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 941# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 942# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 943 944# Sierra Leone 945# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 946# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 947Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 948Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 949Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 950Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 951# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 952Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 953 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 954 -1:00 SL %s 1957 955 0:00 SL %s 956 957# Somalia 958# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 959Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 960 3:00 - EAT 1931 961 2:30 - BEAT 1957 962 3:00 - EAT 963 964# South Africa 965# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 966Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 967Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 968# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 969Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 970 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 971 2:00 SA SAST 972# Marion and Prince Edward Is 973# scientific station since 1947 974# no information 975 976# Sudan 977# 978# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 979# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 980# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 981# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 982# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 983# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 984# 985# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 986Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 987Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 988Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 989Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 990# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 991Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 992 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 993 3:00 - EAT 994 995# South Sudan 996Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 997 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 998 3:00 - EAT 999 1000# Swaziland 1001# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1002Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 1003 2:00 - SAST 1004 1005# Tanzania 1006# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1007Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 1008 3:00 - EAT 1948 1009 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 1010 3:00 - EAT 1011 1012# Togo 1013# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1014Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 1015 0:00 - GMT 1016 1017# Tunisia 1018 1019# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 1020# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 1021# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 1022# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 1023# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 1024# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 1025# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 1026# Saturday." (My translation) 1027# 1028# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 1029# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 1030# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 1031# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 1032# 1h standard time. 1033# 1034# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 1035# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 1036# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 1037# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 1038# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 1039 1040# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 1041# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 1042# (Arabic) 1043# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 1044# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 1045# </a> 1046# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 1047# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 1048# </a> 1049# 1050# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 1051# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 1052# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 1053# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 1054# </a> 1055 1056# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 1057# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 1058# 1059# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 1060# 1061# (in English) 1062# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 1063# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 1064# </a> 1065# 1066# (in Arabic) 1067# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 1068# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 1069# </a> 1070 1071# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 1072# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 1073# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 1074# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 1075# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 1076 1077# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 1078# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 1079# 1080# (translation): 1081# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 1082# Sunday... 1083# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 1084# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 1085# 1086# (in Arabic) 1087# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 1088# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 1089# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 1090# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 1091# or 1092# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 1093# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 1094 1095# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1096Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 1097Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 1098Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 1099Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 1100Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 1101Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 1102Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 1103Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 1104Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 1105Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 1106Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 1107Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 1108Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1109Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 1110Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 1111Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1112Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 1113Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1114Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 1115Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 1116Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1117Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1118Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1119Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1120Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1121 1122# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1123# more precise 0:09:21. 1124# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 1125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1126Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1127 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1128 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 1129 1130# Uganda 1131# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1132Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 1133 3:00 - EAT 1930 1134 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1135 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 1136 3:00 - EAT 1137 1138# Zambia 1139# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1140Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1141 2:00 - CAT 1142 1143# Zimbabwe 1144# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1145Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1146 2:00 - CAT 1147