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