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diff --git a/REORG.TODO/timezone/africa b/REORG.TODO/timezone/africa new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3f92eb4745 --- /dev/null +++ b/REORG.TODO/timezone/africa @@ -0,0 +1,956 @@ +# <pre> +# @(#)africa 8.21 +# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of +# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. + +# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to +# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# +# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# +# Gwillim Law writes that a good source +# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), +# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries +# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for +# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# +# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, +# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which +# I found in the UCLA library. +# +# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). +# +# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT +# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, +# but Mark R V Murray reports that +# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, +# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and +# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for +# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. +# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. +# +# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; +# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, +# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. +# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African +# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. +# +# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: +# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) +# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time +# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time +# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time +# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: +# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time +# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 +# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of +# until we get more information. +# +# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! +# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time +# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) +# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) +# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) +# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) +# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time +# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) + +# Algeria +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - +Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - +Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - +Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - +Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - +Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - +Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - +Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - +Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - +Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - +# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's +# more precise 0:09:21. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 + 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time + 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 + 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 + 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 + 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 + 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 + 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 + 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May + 1:00 - CET + +# Angola +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 + 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time + 1:00 - WAT + +# Benin +# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; +# go with Shanks & Pottenger. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Botswana +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 + 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 + 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 + 2:00 - CAT + +# Burkina Faso +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Burundi +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 + 2:00 - CAT + +# Cameroon +# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Cape Verde +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia + -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep + -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 + -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 + -1:00 - CVT + +# Central African Republic +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Chad +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 + 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 + 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Comoros +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro + 3:00 - EAT + +# Democratic Republic of Congo +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 + 1:00 - WAT +Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 + 2:00 - CAT + +# Republic of the Congo +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Cote D'Ivoire +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Djibouti +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul + 3:00 - EAT + +############################################################################### + +# Egypt + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S +# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. +# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. +Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): +# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: +# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday +# after observing the daylight saving time since May. +# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf +Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - +# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): +# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight +# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] +# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm +# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: +# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm +Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - +# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): +# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter +# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each +# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite +# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by +# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, +# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. +# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): +# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. + +# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): +# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): +# +# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 +# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = +# Apr 23 +# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 +# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = +# Apr 24 +# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 +# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = +# Aug 27 +# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 +# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = +# Aug 27 +# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 +# +# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= +# :59) +# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ +# +# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. +# +# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> +# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 +# </a> +# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 +# </a> +# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> +# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ +# </a> + +# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): +# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth +# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday +# in September. +Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2009 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct + 2:00 Egypt EE%sT + +# Equatorial Guinea +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Eritrea +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + +# Ethiopia +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones +# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. +# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT + 3:00 - EAT + +# Gabon +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Gambia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 + -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time + -1:00 - WAT 1964 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Ghana +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; +# go with Shanks & Pottenger. +Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST +Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 + 0:00 Ghana %s + +# Guinea +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Guinea-Bissau +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1975 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Kenya +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1930 + 2:30 - BEAT 1940 + 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Lesotho +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 + 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 + 2:00 - SAST + +# Liberia +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch +# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. +# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. +# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; +# go with Shanks & Pottenger. +# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and +# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 + -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time + -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time + 0:00 - GMT + +############################################################################### + +# Libya + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - +Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 + 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 + 2:00 - EET 1982 + 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 +# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; +# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. + 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 + 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 + 2:00 - EET + +# Madagascar +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s + 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s + 3:00 - EAT + +# Malawi +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT + +# Mali +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Mauritania +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 + 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 + -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Mauritius + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): +# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial +# basis.... +# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to +# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html + +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): +# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): +# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A +# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving +# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. + +# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): +# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): +# According to +# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> +# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 +# </a> +# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier +# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start +# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time +# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). +# +# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date +# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, +# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in +# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder +# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which +# changes two days later. + +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): +# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving +# time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally +# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... +# +# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction +# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 +# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. +# ... +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html +# </a> + +# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): +# The Government of Mauritius weblink +# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> +# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD +# </a> +# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: +# +# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly +# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in +# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of +# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United +# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the +# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on +# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the +# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 +# and end on 29 March 2009. + +# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): +# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the +# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the +# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. +# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> +# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf +# </a> + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - +Rule Mauritius 2008 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Mauritius 2009 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis + 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time +# Agalega Is, Rodriguez +# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius + +# Mayotte +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou + 3:00 - EAT + +# Morocco +# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). + +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): +# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between +# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. +# +# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will +# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to +# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html +# </a> +# OR +# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> +# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html +# </a> + +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): +# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: +# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> +# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view +# </a> +# +# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. +# spokesman. + +# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): +# According to this article: +# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> +# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html +# </a> +# (and republished here: +# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> +# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html +# </a> +# ) +# the changes occurs at midnight: +# +# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be +# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) +# sunday night the 28th at midnight +# +# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say +# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and +# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive +# june1st to sept 27th. +# +# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree +# published on the web. +# +# It's also confirmed here: +# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> +# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm +# </a> +# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet +# posted in english). +# +# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: +# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> +# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search +# </a> + +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): +# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow +# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of +# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named +# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): +# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): +# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 +# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end +# of September: +# +# One article about it (in French): +# <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"> +# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default +# </a> +# +# We have some further details posted here: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html +# </a> + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): +# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according +# to many sources, such as +# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> +# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> +# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 +# </a> +# (French) +# +# Our summary: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html +# </a> + +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): +# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, +# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics +# +# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) +# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of +# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be +# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. +# +# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> +# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf +# </a> +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html +# </a> + +# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S + +Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 + 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 + 1:00 - CET 1986 + 0:00 Morocco WE%sT +# Western Sahara +Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan + -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 + 0:00 - WET + +# Mozambique +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT + +# Namibia +# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. +# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. + +# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in +# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: +# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other +# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there +# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of +# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of +# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest +# of the country. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): +# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but +# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. + +# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 + 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time + 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 + 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 + 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence + 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 + 1:00 Namibia WA%sT + +# Niger +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 + -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 + 0:00 - GMT 1960 + 1:00 - WAT + +# Nigeria +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep + 1:00 - WAT + +# Reunion +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis + 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time +# +# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. +# The following information about them is taken from +# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; +# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). +# We have no info about their time zone histories. +# +# Bassas da India - uninhabited +# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families +# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 +# Juan de Nova - uninhabited +# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 + +# Rwanda +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun + 2:00 - CAT + +# St Helena +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown + -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time + 0:00 - GMT +# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: +# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA +# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA +# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): +# on GMT, says the CIA +# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT + +# Sao Tome and Principe +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 + -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time + 0:00 - GMT + +# Senegal +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 + -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun + 0:00 - GMT + +# Seychelles +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria + 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time +# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): +# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the +# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory +# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know +# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. +# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. + +# Sierra Leone +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. +Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST +Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT +Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST +Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 + -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time + -1:00 SL %s 1957 + 0:00 SL %s + +# Somalia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov + 3:00 - EAT 1931 + 2:30 - BEAT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + +# South Africa +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - +Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 + 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar + 2:00 SA SAST +# Marion and Prince Edward Is +# scientific station since 1947 +# no information + +# Sudan +# +# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> +# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) +# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: +# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon +# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for +# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - +Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 + 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Swaziland +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - SAST + +# Tanzania +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 + 3:00 - EAT 1948 + 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Togo +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 + 0:00 - GMT + +# Tunisia + +# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): +# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, +# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News +# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP +# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by +# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be +# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next +# Saturday." (My translation) +# +# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): +# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... +# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> +# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, +# 1h standard time. +# +# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): +# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: +# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 +# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... +# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): +# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. +# (Arabic) +# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> +# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> +# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp +# </a> +# +# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. +# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html +# </a> + +# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): +# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency +# +# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): +# +# (in English) +# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> +# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 +# </a> +# +# (in Arabic) +# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> +# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 +# </a> + +# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): +# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact +# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. +# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." +# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule Tunisia 2010 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tunisia 2010 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - +# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's +# more precise 0:09:21. +# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 + 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time + 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT + +# Uganda +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul + 3:00 - EAT 1930 + 2:30 - BEAT 1948 + 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 + 3:00 - EAT + +# Zambia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT + +# Zimbabwe +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar + 2:00 - CAT |