africa (46951B)
1 # <pre> 2 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 3 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 4 5 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 6 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 7 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). 8 9 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 10 # 11 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 12 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 13 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 14 # 15 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source 16 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 17 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 18 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 19 # of the IATA's data after 1990. 20 # 21 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 22 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 23 # 24 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 25 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 26 # I found in the UCLA library. 27 # 28 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 29 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 30 # 31 # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 32 # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 33 # but Mark R V Murray reports that 34 # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 35 # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 36 # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 37 # the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 38 # He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 39 # 40 # To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 41 # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 42 # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 43 # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 44 # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 45 # 46 # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 47 # -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 48 # 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 49 # 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 50 # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 51 # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 52 # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 53 # I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 54 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 55 # until we get more information. 56 # 57 # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 58 # 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 59 # 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 60 # 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 61 # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 62 # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 63 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 64 # 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 65 66 # Algeria 67 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 68 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 69 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 70 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 71 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 72 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 73 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 74 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 75 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 76 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 77 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 78 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 79 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 80 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 81 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 82 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 83 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 84 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 85 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 86 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 87 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 88 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 89 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 90 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 91 # more precise 0:09:21. 92 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 93 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 94 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 95 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 96 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 97 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 98 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 99 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 100 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 101 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 102 1:00 - CET 103 104 # Angola 105 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 106 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 107 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 108 1:00 - WAT 109 110 # Benin 111 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 112 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 113 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 114 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 115 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 116 1:00 - WAT 117 118 # Botswana 119 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 120 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 121 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 122 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 123 2:00 - CAT 124 125 # Burkina Faso 126 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 127 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 128 0:00 - GMT 129 130 # Burundi 131 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 132 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 133 2:00 - CAT 134 135 # Cameroon 136 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 137 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 138 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 139 1:00 - WAT 140 141 # Cape Verde 142 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 143 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 144 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 145 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 146 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 147 -1:00 - CVT 148 149 # Central African Republic 150 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 151 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 152 1:00 - WAT 153 154 # Chad 155 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 156 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 157 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 158 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 159 1:00 - WAT 160 161 # Comoros 162 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 163 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 164 3:00 - EAT 165 166 # Democratic Republic of Congo 167 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 168 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 169 1:00 - WAT 170 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 171 2:00 - CAT 172 173 # Republic of the Congo 174 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 175 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 176 1:00 - WAT 177 178 # Cote D'Ivoire 179 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 181 0:00 - GMT 182 183 # Djibouti 184 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 185 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 186 3:00 - EAT 187 188 ############################################################################### 189 190 # Egypt 191 192 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 193 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 194 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 195 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 196 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 197 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 198 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 199 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 200 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 201 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 202 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 203 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 204 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 205 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 206 Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 207 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 208 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 209 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 210 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 211 Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 212 # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 213 # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 214 215 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): 216 # "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight 217 # saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of 218 # Egyptians would approve the cancellation." 219 # 220 # Egypt to cancel daylight saving time 221 # <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168"> 222 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 223 # </a> 224 # or 225 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html"> 226 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html 227 # </a> 228 Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 229 Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 230 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 231 # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 232 # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 233 # after observing the daylight saving time since May. 234 # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 235 Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 236 # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 237 # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 238 # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 239 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 240 # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 241 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 242 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 243 # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 244 Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 245 # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 246 # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 247 # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 248 # year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 249 # hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 250 # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 251 # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 252 # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 253 # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 254 255 # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 256 # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 257 # 258 # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 259 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 260 # Apr 23 261 # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 262 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 263 # Apr 24 264 # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 265 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 266 # Aug 27 267 # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 268 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 269 # Aug 27 270 # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 271 # 272 # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 273 # :59) 274 # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 275 # 276 # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 277 # 278 # [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 279 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 280 # </a> 281 # [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 282 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 283 # </a> 284 # [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 285 # http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 286 # </a> 287 288 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 289 # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 290 # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 291 # in September. 292 293 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 294 # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 295 # Information and Decision Support Center: 296 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 297 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 298 # </a> 299 # 300 # The Middle East News Agency 301 # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 302 # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 303 # </a> 304 # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 305 # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 306 # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 307 # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 308 # (at least today). 309 310 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 311 # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 312 # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 313 # Ramadan. 314 # 315 # Arabic translation: 316 # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" 317 # <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> 318 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 319 # </a> 320 # or 321 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> 322 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 323 # </a> 324 325 Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 326 Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 327 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 328 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 329 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 330 331 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 332 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 333 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 334 335 # Equatorial Guinea 336 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 337 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 338 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 339 1:00 - WAT 340 341 # Eritrea 342 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 343 Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 344 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 345 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 346 3:00 - EAT 347 348 # Ethiopia 349 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 350 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 351 # between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 352 # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 353 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 354 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 355 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 356 3:00 - EAT 357 358 # Gabon 359 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 360 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 361 1:00 - WAT 362 363 # Gambia 364 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 365 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 366 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 367 -1:00 - WAT 1964 368 0:00 - GMT 369 370 # Ghana 371 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 372 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 373 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 374 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 375 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 376 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 377 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 378 0:00 Ghana %s 379 380 # Guinea 381 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 383 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 384 -1:00 - WAT 1960 385 0:00 - GMT 386 387 # Guinea-Bissau 388 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 389 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 390 -1:00 - WAT 1975 391 0:00 - GMT 392 393 # Kenya 394 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 395 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 396 3:00 - EAT 1930 397 2:30 - BEAT 1940 398 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 399 3:00 - EAT 400 401 # Lesotho 402 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 403 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 404 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 405 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 406 2:00 - SAST 407 408 # Liberia 409 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 410 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 411 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 412 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 413 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 414 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 415 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 416 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 417 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 418 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 419 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 420 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 421 0:00 - GMT 422 423 ############################################################################### 424 425 # Libya 426 427 # From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): 428 # Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. 429 # http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ 430 # Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc 431 # 432 # Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in 433 # http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html 434 # 435 # From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): 436 # Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. 437 # The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe 438 # (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on 439 # lastFri instead of lastSun). 440 441 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 442 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 443 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 444 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 445 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 446 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 447 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 448 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 449 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 450 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 451 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 452 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 453 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 454 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 455 Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 456 Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 457 Rule Libya 2013 max - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 458 Rule Libya 2013 max - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - 459 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 460 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 461 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 462 2:00 - EET 1982 463 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 464 # The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 465 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 466 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 467 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 468 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 469 1:00 Libya CE%sT 470 471 # Madagascar 472 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 473 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 474 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 475 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 476 3:00 - EAT 477 478 # Malawi 479 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 480 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 481 2:00 - CAT 482 483 # Mali 484 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 485 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 486 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 487 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 488 0:00 - GMT 489 490 # Mauritania 491 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 492 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 493 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 494 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 495 0:00 - GMT 496 497 # Mauritius 498 499 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 500 # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 501 # basis.... 502 # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 503 # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 504 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 505 506 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 507 # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 508 509 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 510 # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 511 # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 512 # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 513 514 # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 515 # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 516 517 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 518 # According to 519 # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 520 # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 521 # </a> 522 # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 523 # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 524 # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 525 # given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 526 # 527 # A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 528 # to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 529 # but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 530 # USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 531 # why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 532 # changes two days later. 533 534 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 535 # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 536 # time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 537 # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 538 # 539 # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 540 # de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 541 # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 542 # ... 543 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 544 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 545 # </a> 546 547 # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 548 # The Government of Mauritius weblink 549 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 550 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 551 # </a> 552 # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 553 # 554 # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 555 # of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 556 # Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 557 # the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 558 # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 559 # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 560 # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 561 # year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 562 # and end on 29 March 2009. 563 564 # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 565 # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 566 # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 567 # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 568 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 569 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 570 # </a> 571 572 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 573 # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 574 # DST the coming summer... 575 # 576 # Some sources, in French: 577 # <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB"> 578 # http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB 579 # </a> 580 # <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-"> 581 # http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints- 582 # </a> 583 # 584 # Our wrap-up: 585 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 586 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 587 # </a> 588 589 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 590 # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 591 # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 592 # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 593 594 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 595 Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 596 Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 597 Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 598 Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 599 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 600 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 601 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 602 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez 603 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 604 605 # Mayotte 606 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 607 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 608 3:00 - EAT 609 610 # Morocco 611 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 612 613 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 614 # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 615 # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 616 # 617 # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 618 # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 619 # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 620 # 621 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 622 # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 623 # </a> 624 # OR 625 # <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 626 # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 627 # </a> 628 629 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 630 # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 631 # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 632 # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 633 # </a> 634 # 635 # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 636 # spokesman. 637 638 # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 639 # According to this article: 640 # <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 641 # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 642 # </a> 643 # (and republished here: 644 # <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 645 # http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 646 # </a> 647 # ) 648 # the changes occurs at midnight: 649 # 650 # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 651 # intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 652 # sunday night the 28th at midnight 653 # 654 # Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 655 # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 656 # monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 657 # june1st to sept 27th. 658 # 659 # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 660 # published on the web. 661 # 662 # It's also confirmed here: 663 # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 664 # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 665 # </a> 666 # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 667 # posted in english). 668 # 669 # The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 670 # <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 671 # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 672 # </a> 673 674 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 675 # Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 676 # Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 677 # Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 678 # SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 679 680 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 681 # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 682 683 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 684 # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 685 # and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 686 # of September: 687 # 688 # One article about it (in French): 689 # <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"> 690 # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 691 # </a> 692 # 693 # We have some further details posted here: 694 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 695 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 696 # </a> 697 698 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 699 # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 700 # to many sources, such as 701 # <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 702 # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 703 # </a> 704 # <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 705 # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 706 # </a> 707 # (French) 708 # 709 # Our summary: 710 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 711 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 712 # </a> 713 714 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 715 # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 716 # Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 717 # 718 # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 719 # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 720 # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 721 # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 722 # 723 # <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 724 # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 725 # </a> 726 # 727 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 728 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 729 # </a> 730 731 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 732 # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 733 # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 734 # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 735 # 736 # Example: 737 # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 738 # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 739 # </a> 740 # (French) 741 # Our page: 742 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 743 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 744 # </a> 745 746 # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): 747 # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) 748 # The 3rd april 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd april 1:00:00 749 # The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 750 # ...Official links of change in morocco 751 # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio 752 # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at 753 # +212.537.71.84.00 754 # <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> 755 # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ 756 # </a> 757 # They said that 758 # <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> 759 # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view 760 # </a> 761 # is the official publication to look at. 762 # They said that the decision was already taken. 763 # 764 # More articles in the press 765 # <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> 766 # http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev 767 # </a> 768 # e.html 769 # <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> 770 # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 771 # </a> 772 # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> 773 # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim 774 # anche-prochain-5538.html 775 # </a> 776 777 # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): 778 # They have it written in English here: 779 # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> 780 # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view 781 # </a> 782 # 783 # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, 784 # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of 785 # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has 786 # also been like that in the past. 787 788 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): 789 # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), 790 # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: 791 # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été 792 # <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9"> 793 # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 794 # </a> 795 # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on 796 # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on 797 # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) 798 # except the month of Ramadan. 799 # or (brief) 800 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> 801 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html 802 # </a> 803 804 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): 805 # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in 806 # effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; 807 # it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. 808 # Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about 809 # start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. 810 811 # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): 812 # Seen Morocco change again: 813 # <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> 814 # http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php 815 # </a> 816 # "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, 817 # comme annoncé précédemment." 818 819 # From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): 820 # The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: 821 # <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288"> 822 # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] 823 # </a> 824 # 825 # Google translation, lightly edited: 826 # Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) 827 # Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, 828 # 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the 829 # Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry 830 # of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return 831 # of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until 832 # Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from 833 # 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes 834 # August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. 835 836 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 837 838 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 839 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 840 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 841 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 842 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 843 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 844 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 845 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 846 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 847 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 848 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 849 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 850 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 851 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 852 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 853 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 854 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 855 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 856 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 857 Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 858 Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 859 Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 860 Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - 861 Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 862 Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 863 Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - 864 Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S 865 866 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 867 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 868 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 869 1:00 - CET 1986 870 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 871 # Western Sahara 872 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 873 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 874 0:00 - WET 875 876 # Mozambique 877 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 878 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 879 2:00 - CAT 880 881 # Namibia 882 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 883 # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 884 885 # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 886 # <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 887 # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 888 # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 889 # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 890 # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 891 # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 892 # of the country. 893 # 894 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 895 # Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 896 # we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 897 898 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 899 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 900 Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 901 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 902 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 903 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 904 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 905 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 906 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 907 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 908 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 909 910 # Niger 911 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 912 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 913 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 914 0:00 - GMT 1960 915 1:00 - WAT 916 917 # Nigeria 918 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 919 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 920 1:00 - WAT 921 922 # Reunion 923 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 924 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 925 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 926 # 927 # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 928 # The following information about them is taken from 929 # Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 930 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 931 # We have no info about their time zone histories. 932 # 933 # Bassas da India - uninhabited 934 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 935 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 936 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited 937 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 938 939 # Rwanda 940 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 941 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 942 2:00 - CAT 943 944 # St Helena 945 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 946 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 947 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 948 0:00 - GMT 949 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 950 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 951 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 952 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 953 # on GMT, says the CIA 954 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 955 956 # Sao Tome and Principe 957 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 958 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 959 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 960 0:00 - GMT 961 962 # Senegal 963 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 964 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 965 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 966 0:00 - GMT 967 968 # Seychelles 969 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 970 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 971 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 972 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 973 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 974 # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 975 # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 976 # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 977 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 978 979 # Sierra Leone 980 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 981 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 982 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 983 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 984 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 985 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 986 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 987 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 988 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 989 -1:00 SL %s 1957 990 0:00 SL %s 991 992 # Somalia 993 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 994 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 995 3:00 - EAT 1931 996 2:30 - BEAT 1957 997 3:00 - EAT 998 999 # South Africa 1000 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1001 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 1002 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 1003 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1004 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1005 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 1006 2:00 SA SAST 1007 # Marion and Prince Edward Is 1008 # scientific station since 1947 1009 # no information 1010 1011 # Sudan 1012 # 1013 # From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 1014 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 1015 # </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 1016 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 1017 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 1018 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 1019 # 1020 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1021 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 1022 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 1023 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 1024 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 1025 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1026 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 1027 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 1028 3:00 - EAT 1029 1030 # South Sudan 1031 Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:24 - LMT 1931 1032 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 1033 3:00 - EAT 1034 1035 # Swaziland 1036 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1037 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 1038 2:00 - SAST 1039 1040 # Tanzania 1041 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 1043 3:00 - EAT 1948 1044 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 1045 3:00 - EAT 1046 1047 # Togo 1048 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1049 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 1050 0:00 - GMT 1051 1052 # Tunisia 1053 1054 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 1055 # My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 1056 # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 1057 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 1058 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 1059 # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 1060 # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 1061 # Saturday." (My translation) 1062 # 1063 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 1064 # LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 1065 # <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 1066 # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 1067 # 1h standard time. 1068 # 1069 # From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 1070 # The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 1071 # Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 1072 # Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 1073 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 1074 1075 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 1076 # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 1077 # (Arabic) 1078 # <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 1079 # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 1080 # </a> 1081 # <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 1082 # http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 1083 # </a> 1084 # 1085 # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 1086 # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 1087 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 1088 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 1089 # </a> 1090 1091 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 1092 # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 1093 # 1094 # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 1095 # 1096 # (in English) 1097 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 1098 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 1099 # </a> 1100 # 1101 # (in Arabic) 1102 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 1103 # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 1104 # </a> 1105 1106 # From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 1107 # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 1108 # that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 1109 # Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 1110 # So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 1111 1112 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 1113 # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 1114 # 1115 # (translation): 1116 # "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 1117 # Sunday... 1118 # Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 1119 # coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 1120 # 1121 # (in Arabic) 1122 # <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 1123 # http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 1124 # <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 1125 # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 1126 # or 1127 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 1128 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 1129 1130 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1131 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 1132 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 1133 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 1134 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 1135 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 1136 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 1137 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 1138 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 1139 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 1140 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 1141 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 1142 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 1143 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1144 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 1145 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 1146 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1147 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 1148 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1149 Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 1150 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 1151 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1152 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1153 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1154 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1155 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1156 1157 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1158 # more precise 0:09:21. 1159 # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 1160 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1161 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1162 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1163 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 1164 1165 # Uganda 1166 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1167 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 1168 3:00 - EAT 1930 1169 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1170 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 1171 3:00 - EAT 1172 1173 # Zambia 1174 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1175 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1176 2:00 - CAT 1177 1178 # Zimbabwe 1179 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1180 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1181 2:00 - CAT