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diff --git a/time/africa b/time/africa index 11c2008aab..ddb472d320 100644 --- a/time/africa +++ b/time/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.7 +# @(#)africa 7.12 # 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 @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ # E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'. # Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country. # One such location is enough. +# If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970, +# don't bother to include more than one location +# even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970. +# Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large. # If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative; # e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so # prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'. @@ -118,6 +122,9 @@ Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 0:52 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time 1:00 - CAT +# Bassas da India +# uninhabited + # Benin # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -248,6 +255,9 @@ Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 2:35 - AAMT 1936 May 5 # Addis Ababa MT 3:00 - EAT +# Europa Island +# uninhabited + # Gabon # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 @@ -273,6 +283,9 @@ Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 WAT Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 0:00 Ghana %s +# Glorioso Is +# uninhabited + # Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 @@ -286,6 +299,9 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 1:00 - CAT 1975 0:00 - WAT +# Juan de Nova +# uninhabited + # Kenya # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): # Shanks says the transition to 2:45 was in 1940, but it must have been 1948. @@ -347,16 +363,15 @@ Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 " DST" -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): -# Here's a guess for years starting with 1991. -Rule Libya 1991 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Libya 1991 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 1:00 Libya MET%s 1959 2:00 - EET 1982 - 1:00 Libya MET%s +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): +# usno1995 (from OAG) says Libya uses 2:00 all year, as they did before 1982. +# We don't know when they switched back. We'll guess 1991. + 1:00 Libya MET%s 1991 + 2:00 - EET # Madagascar # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -396,7 +411,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # Mayotte # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:01:08 - LMT 1911 Jul # Dzaoudzi +Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3:00 - EAT # Morocco @@ -423,7 +438,7 @@ Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 1:00 - MET 1986 0:00 - WET # The following are controlled by Spain, and are like Europe/Madrid: -# Alboran, Alhucemas Is, Ceuta, Chafarinas Is, Mellila. +# Alboran, Alhucemas Is, Ceuta, Chafarinas Is, Melilla. # Mozambique # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -452,7 +467,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep # Reunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # St Denis +Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 4:00 - SMT # Rwanda @@ -465,10 +480,10 @@ Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown -0:06 - ?MT 1951 # a typo in Shanks? 0:00 - GMT -# Whitman says Tristan da Cunha is on GMT, like Atlantic/St_Helena. -# -# Ascension, Gough, Inaccessible, Nightingale -# no information; probably like Atlantic/St_Helena +# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: +# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, says Whitman +# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 +# Gough, Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT # Sao Tome and Principe # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -524,12 +539,16 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # no information # Sudan +# From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (November 15, 1995): +# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change. +# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the +# United Nations: 212-573-6033 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Sudan 1931 only - Feb 8 0:00 0 - Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Sudan 1970 max - Oct 15 0:00 0 - +Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST" -Rule Sudan 1972 max - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" +Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST" # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 2:00 Sudan EET%s @@ -551,6 +570,9 @@ Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 0:00 - WAT +# Tromelin +# uninhabited + # Tunisia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Tunisia 1911 only - Mar 9 0:00 0 - |