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 68Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 69Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 70Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 71Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 72Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 73Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 74Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 75Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 76Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 77Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 78Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 79Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 80Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 81Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 82Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 83Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 84Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 85Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 86Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 87Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 88Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 89Rule 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] 93Zone 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] 106Zone 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] 114Zone 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] 120Zone 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] 127Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 128 0:00 - GMT 129 130# Burundi 131# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 132Zone 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] 138Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 139 1:00 - WAT 140 141# Cape Verde 142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 143Zone 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] 151Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 152 1:00 - WAT 153 154# Chad 155# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 156Zone 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] 163Zone 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] 168Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 169 1:00 - WAT 170Zone 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] 175Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 176 1:00 - WAT 177 178# Cote D'Ivoire 179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 181 0:00 - GMT 182 183# Djibouti 184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 185Zone 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 193Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 194Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 195Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 196Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 197Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 198Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 199Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 200Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 201Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 202Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 203Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 204Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 205Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 206Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 207Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 208Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 209Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 210Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 211Rule 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> 228Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 229Rule 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 235Rule 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 244Rule 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 325Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 326Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 327Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - 328Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S 329Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 330 331# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 332Zone 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] 337Zone 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] 343Zone 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] 354Zone 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] 360Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 361 1:00 - WAT 362 363# Gambia 364# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 365Zone 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. 374Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 375Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 377Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 378 0:00 Ghana %s 379 380# Guinea 381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382Zone 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] 389Zone 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] 395Zone 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] 403Zone 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] 418Zone 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 442Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 443Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 444Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 445Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 446Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 447Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 448Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 449Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 450Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 451Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 452Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 453Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 454Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 455Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 456Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - 457Rule Libya 2013 max - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S 458Rule Libya 2013 max - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - 459# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 460Zone 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] 473Zone 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] 480Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 481 2:00 - CAT 482 483# Mali 484# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 485Zone 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] 492Zone 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 595Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 596Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 597Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 598Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 599# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 600Zone 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] 607Zone 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 838Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 839Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 840Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 841Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 842Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 843Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 844Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 845Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 846Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 847Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 848Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 849Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 850Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 851Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 852Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 853Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 854Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 855Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 856Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 857Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 858Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 859Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S 860Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - 861Rule Morocco 2012 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 862Rule Morocco 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 0 - 863Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - 864Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S 865 866# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 867Zone 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 872Zone 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] 878Zone 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 899Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 900Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 901# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 902Zone 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] 912Zone 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] 919Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 920 1:00 - WAT 921 922# Reunion 923# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 924Zone 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] 941Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 942 2:00 - CAT 943 944# St Helena 945# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 946Zone 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] 958Zone 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] 964Zone 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] 970Zone 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. 982Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 983Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 984Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 985Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 986# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 987Zone 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] 994Zone 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 1001Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 1002Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 1003# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1004Zone 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 1021Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 1022Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 1023Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 1024Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 1025# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1026Zone 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 1031Zone 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] 1037Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 1038 2:00 - SAST 1039 1040# Tanzania 1041# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042Zone 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] 1049Zone 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 1131Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 1132Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 1133Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 1134Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 1135Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 1136Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 1137Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 1138Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 1139Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 1140Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 1141Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 1142Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 1143Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1144Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 1145Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 1146Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1147Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 1148Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1149Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 1150Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 1151Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1152Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1153Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1154Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1155Rule 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] 1161Zone 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] 1167Zone 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] 1175Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1176 2:00 - CAT 1177 1178# Zimbabwe 1179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1180Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1181 2:00 - CAT 1182