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11bf311e 1# @(#)africa 8.5
53751fd5 2# <pre>
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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).
7
11bf311e 8# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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9#
10# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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11# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
12# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
8a523922 13#
1f5649f8 14# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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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#
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20# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
21# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
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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#
a5570f62 27# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
38c097ca 28# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
a5570f62 29#
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30# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
31# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
6c49b464 32# but Mark R V Murray reports that
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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)
1f5649f8 59# 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
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60# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
28f540f4 62# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
dfd2257a 63# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
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65# Algeria
66# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 67Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
11bf311e 68Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
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69Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
70Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
71Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
72Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
569c558c 74Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
569c558c 76Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
11bf311e 78Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
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79Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
80Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
569c558c 81Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
569c558c 83Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 84Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
569c558c 85Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
569c558c 87Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
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89# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
90# more precise 0:09:21.
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91# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
92Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
a5570f62 93 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
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94 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
95 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
28f540f4 96 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
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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
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103# Angola
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
1f5649f8 106 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
dfd2257a 107 1:00 - WAT
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109# Benin
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110# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
111# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
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114 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
115 1:00 - WAT
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116
117# Botswana
118# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
119Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
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120 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
121 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
122 2:00 - CAT
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123
124# Burkina Faso
125# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
126Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 127 0:00 - GMT
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129# Burundi
130# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
dfd2257a 132 2:00 - CAT
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134# Cameroon
11bf311e 135# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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136# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 138 1:00 - WAT
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140# Cape Verde
141# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
142Zone 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
569c558c 146 -1:00 - CVT
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148# Central African Republic
149# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
150Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 151 1:00 - WAT
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153# Chad
154# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
155Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
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156 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
157 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
158 1:00 - WAT
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159
160# Comoros
161# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
162Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
163 3:00 - EAT
164
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165# Democratic Republic of Congo
166# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
167Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
dfd2257a 168 1:00 - WAT
907a1bac 169Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
dfd2257a 170 2:00 - CAT
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172# Republic of the Congo
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173# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 175 1:00 - WAT
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177# Cote D'Ivoire
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 180 0:00 - GMT
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182# Djibouti
183# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
184Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
185 3:00 - EAT
186
187###############################################################################
188
189# Egypt
190
28f540f4 191# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 192Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 193Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 194Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 195Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
569c558c 196Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
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197Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
198Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
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199Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
200Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 201Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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202Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
203Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 204Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
dfd2257a 205Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
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206Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
207Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
208Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
209Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
dfd2257a 210Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
2b79b6d5 211# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
b21c5832 212# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
a7123f0e 213Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
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214Rule 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
220Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 -
221Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
8a523922 222
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223# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
224Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
569c558c 225 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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227# Equatorial Guinea
228# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
229Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
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230 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
231 1:00 - WAT
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233# Eritrea
234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
235Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
569c558c 236 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
dfd2257a 237 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
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238 3:00 - EAT
239
240# Ethiopia
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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.
dfd2257a 244# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
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245# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
246Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
dfd2257a 247 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
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248 3:00 - EAT
249
250# Gabon
251# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
252Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
dfd2257a 253 1:00 - WAT
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255# Gambia
256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
257Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
569c558c 258 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
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259 -1:00 - WAT 1964
260 0:00 - GMT
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262# Ghana
28f540f4 263# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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264# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';
265# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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266Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
267Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
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268# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
269Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
270 0:00 Ghana %s
271
272# Guinea
273# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
274Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
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275 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
276 -1:00 - WAT 1960
277 0:00 - GMT
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279# Guinea-Bissau
280# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
281Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
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282 -1:00 - WAT 1975
283 0:00 - GMT
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285# Kenya
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286# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
287Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
288 3:00 - EAT 1930
dfd2257a 289 2:30 - BEAT 1940
1f5649f8 290 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
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291 3:00 - EAT
292
293# Lesotho
294# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
295Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 296 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
28f540f4 297 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
dfd2257a 298 2:00 - SAST
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300# Liberia
11bf311e 301# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
28f540f4 302# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
1f5649f8 303# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
a5570f62 304# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
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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.
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309# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
310Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
311 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
569c558c 312 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
dfd2257a 313 0:00 - GMT
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315###############################################################################
316
317# Libya
318
28f540f4 319# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 320Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 321Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 322Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 323Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 324Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 325Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 326Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 327Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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328Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
329Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 330Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
569c558c 331Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
1829dc46 332Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
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333# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
334Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
569c558c 335 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
28f540f4 336 2:00 - EET 1982
2864e767 337 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
11bf311e 338# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
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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
2b79b6d5 343 2:00 - EET
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345# Madagascar
346# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
347Zone 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
351
352# Malawi
353# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
354Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 355 2:00 - CAT
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357# Mali
358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
359Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
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360 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
361 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
362 0:00 - GMT
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364# Mauritania
365# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
366Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
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367 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
368 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
369 0:00 - GMT
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371# Mauritius
372# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
373Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
569c558c 374 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
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375# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
376# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
377
378# Mayotte
379# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
72d8cdf0 380Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
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381 3:00 - EAT
382
383# Morocco
dfd2257a 384# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
8a523922 385# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 386Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 387Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
569c558c 388Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 389Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
569c558c 390Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 391Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
569c558c 392Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 393Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 394Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 395Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
569c558c 396Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
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397Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
398Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
569c558c 399Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
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400Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
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403 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
404 1:00 - CET 1986
405 0:00 - WET
406# Western Sahara
407Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
dfd2257a 408 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
28f540f4 409 0:00 - WET
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411# Mozambique
412# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
413Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 414 2:00 - CAT
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416# Namibia
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417# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
418# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
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419# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
420Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
421Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
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422# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
423Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
424 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
dfd2257a 425 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
28f540f4 426 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
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427 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
428 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
429 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
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431# Niger
432# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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433Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
434 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
435 0:00 - GMT 1960
436 1:00 - WAT
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438# Nigeria
439# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
440Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
dfd2257a 441 1:00 - WAT
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443# Reunion
444# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
72d8cdf0 445Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
569c558c 446 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
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447#
448# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
449# The following information about them is taken from
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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.
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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
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460# Rwanda
461# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
462Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
dfd2257a 463 2:00 - CAT
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465# St Helena
466# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
467Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
dfd2257a 468 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
28f540f4 469 0:00 - GMT
72d8cdf0 470# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
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471# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
472# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
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473# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
474# on GMT, says the CIA
5929563f 475# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
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476
477# Sao Tome and Principe
478# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
479Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
569c558c 480 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
dfd2257a 481 0:00 - GMT
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483# Senegal
484# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
485Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
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486 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
487 0:00 - GMT
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488
489# Seychelles
490# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
491Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
569c558c 492 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
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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.
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499
500# Sierra Leone
501# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
11bf311e 502# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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503Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
504Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
505Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
506Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
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507# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
508Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
569c558c 509 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
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510 -1:00 SL %s 1957
511 0:00 SL %s
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512
513# Somalia
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514# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
515Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
516 3:00 - EAT 1931
dfd2257a 517 2:30 - BEAT 1957
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518 3:00 - EAT
519
520# South Africa
521# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
dfd2257a 522Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
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523Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
524# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
525Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
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526 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
527 2:00 SA SAST
5929563f 528# Marion and Prince Edward Is
b9f1792a 529# scientific station since 1947
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530# no information
531
532# Sudan
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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#
28f540f4 541# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 542Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
72d8cdf0 543Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
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544Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
545Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
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546# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
547Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
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548 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
549 3:00 - EAT
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550
551# Swaziland
552# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
553Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 554 2:00 - SAST
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555
556# Tanzania
557# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
558Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
559 3:00 - EAT 1948
1f5649f8 560 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
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561 3:00 - EAT
562
563# Togo
564# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
565Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
dfd2257a 566 0:00 - GMT
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567
568# Tunisia
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570# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
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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.
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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
e946ea2f 590
28f540f4 591# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 592Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 593Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
569c558c 594Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 595Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
569c558c 596Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 597Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
569c558c 598Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 599Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
569c558c 600Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
28f540f4 601Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
569c558c 602Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
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603Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
604Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
569c558c 605Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 606Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
569c558c 607Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
28f540f4 608Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
569c558c 609Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
8a523922 610Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
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611Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
612Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
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613Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
614Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 -
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615Rule Tunisia 2006 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
616Rule 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.
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620# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
621Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
a5570f62 622 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
569c558c 623 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
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624
625# Uganda
626# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
627Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
628 3:00 - EAT 1930
629 2:30 - BEAT 1948
1f5649f8 630 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
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631 3:00 - EAT
632
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633# Zambia
634# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
635Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 636 2:00 - CAT
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637
638# Zimbabwe
639# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
640Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
dfd2257a 641 2:00 - CAT