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):
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).
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# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
15
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
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# 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.
20
# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
21
# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
23
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
24
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
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# I found in the UCLA library.
27
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
28
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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.
39
# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
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# 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.
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.
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
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# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
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# 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
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# 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
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
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
125
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126
Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
130
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131
Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
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
141
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142
Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
144
-2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
145
-2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
148
# Central African Republic
149
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
150
Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
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
161
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
162
Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
165
# Democratic Republic of Congo
166
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
167
Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
169
Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
172
# Republic of the Congo
173
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174
Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
178
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179
Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
183
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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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
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# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
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# 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 -
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
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# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
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# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
218
# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
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# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
220
Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
221
# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
222
# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
223
# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
224
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
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# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
226
# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
227
# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
228
# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
229
Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 -
230
# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
231
# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
232
# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
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# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
234
# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
235
# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
236
# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
237
# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
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# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
239
Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 -
241
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247
Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
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0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
254
2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time
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2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
259
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
260
# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones
261
# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
262
# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
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# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
264
Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
265
2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
269
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270
Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
274
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
275
Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
276
-1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
281
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
282
# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
283
# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
284
Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
285
Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
286
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
287
Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
291
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
292
Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
293
0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
298
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299
Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
304
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
305
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
312
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
313
Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
314
2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
315
2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
319
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
321
# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
322
# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
323
# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
324
# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
325
# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
326
# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
327
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
328
Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
329
-0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
330
-0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
333
###############################################################################
337
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
338
Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
339
Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
340
Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
341
Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
342
Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
343
Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
344
Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
345
Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
346
Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
347
Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
348
Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
349
Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
350
Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
351
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352
Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
353
1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
355
1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
356
# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
357
# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
358
2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
359
1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
360
1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
364
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365
Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
366
3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
367
3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
371
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372
Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
376
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377
Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
378
0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
379
-1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
383
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384
Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
385
0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
386
-1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
391
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
392
# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
394
# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
395
# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
396
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
398
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
399
# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
401
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
402
# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
403
# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
404
# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
406
# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
407
# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
409
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
411
# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216">
412
# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
414
# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
415
# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start
416
# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
417
# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
419
# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
420
# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
421
# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
422
# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
423
# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
424
# changes two days later.
426
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
427
# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
428
# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
429
# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
431
# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
432
# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
433
# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.
435
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html">
436
# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
439
# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
440
# The Government of Mauritius weblink
441
# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD">
442
# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=3D4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
444
# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
446
# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
447
# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
448
# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
449
# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
450
# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
451
# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
452
# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
453
# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
454
# and end on 29 March 2009.
456
# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
457
# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
458
# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
459
# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
460
# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf">
461
# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
464
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
465
Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S
466
Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 -
467
Rule Mauritius 2008 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
468
Rule Mauritius 2009 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
469
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
470
Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
471
4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time
472
# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
473
# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
476
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
477
Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
481
# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
483
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
484
# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
485
# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
487
# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
488
# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
489
# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
491
# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html">
492
# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
495
# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html">
496
# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
499
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
500
# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
501
# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view">
502
# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
505
# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
508
# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
509
# According to this article:
510
# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html">
511
# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
513
# (and republished here:
514
# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html">
515
# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
518
# the changes occurs at midnight:
520
# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
521
# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
522
# sunday night the 28th at midnight
524
# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
525
# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
526
# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
527
# june1st to sept 27th.
529
# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
530
# published on the web.
532
# It's also confirmed here:
533
# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm">
534
# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
536
# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
537
# posted in english).
539
# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
540
# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search">
541
# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
544
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
545
# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
546
# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of
547
# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
548
# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
550
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
551
# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
553
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
554
# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
555
# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
558
# One article about it (in French):
559
# <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">
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# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
563
# We have some further details posted here:
564
# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html">
565
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
567
# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569
Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
570
Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
571
Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
572
Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
573
Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
574
Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
575
Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
576
Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
577
Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
578
Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
579
Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
580
Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
581
Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
582
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
583
Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
584
Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
585
Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
586
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
587
Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
588
0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
592
Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
593
-1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
597
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
598
Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
602
# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
603
# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
605
# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in
606
# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>:
607
# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
608
# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
609
# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of
610
# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
611
# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
614
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
615
# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
616
# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
618
# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
619
Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
620
Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
621
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
622
Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
623
1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
624
2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
625
2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
626
2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
627
2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
631
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
632
Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
633
-1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
638
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
639
Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
643
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
644
Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
645
4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
647
# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
648
# The following information about them is taken from
649
# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
650
# no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
651
# We have no info about their time zone histories.
653
# Bassas da India - uninhabited
654
# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
655
# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
656
# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
657
# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
660
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
661
Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
665
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
666
Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
667
-0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
669
# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
670
# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
671
# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
672
# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
673
# on GMT, says the CIA
674
# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
676
# Sao Tome and Principe
677
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
678
Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
679
-0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
683
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
684
Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
689
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
690
Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
691
4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
692
# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
693
# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
694
# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
695
# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know
696
# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
697
# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
700
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
701
# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
702
Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
703
Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
704
Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
705
Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
706
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
707
Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
708
-0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
713
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
714
Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
720
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
721
Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
722
Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
723
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
724
Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
727
# Marion and Prince Edward Is
728
# scientific station since 1947
733
# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
734
# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
735
# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
736
# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
737
# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
738
# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
740
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
741
Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
742
Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
743
Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
744
Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
745
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
746
Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
747
2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
751
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
752
Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
756
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
757
Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
763
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
764
Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
769
# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
770
# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
771
# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
772
# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
773
# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
774
# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
775
# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
776
# Saturday." (My translation)
778
# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
779
# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
780
# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>
781
# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
784
# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
785
# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
786
# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
787
# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
788
# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
790
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
791
Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
792
Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
793
Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
794
Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
795
Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
796
Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
797
Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
798
Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
799
Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
800
Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
801
Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
802
Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
803
Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
804
Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
805
Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
806
Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
807
Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
808
Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
809
Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
810
Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
811
Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
812
Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
813
Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 -
814
Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
815
Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
816
# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
817
# more precise 0:09:21.
818
# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
819
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
820
Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
821
0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
825
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
826
Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
833
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
834
Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
838
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
839
Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
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