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1 # @(#)africa 7.18
3 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
7 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
8 #
9 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
11 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
12 #
13 # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
14 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
15 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
16 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
17 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
18 #
19 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
20 # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
21 #
22 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
23 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
24 # I found in the UCLA library.
25 #
26 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
27 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
28 # Oxford University Press (1980).
29 #
30 # I added so many Zone names that the old, mostly flat name space was unwieldy.
31 # So I renamed the Zones to have the form AREA/LOCATION, where
32 # AREA is the name of a continent or ocean, and
33 # LOCATION is the name of a specific location within that region.
34 # For example, the old zone name `Egypt' is now `Africa/Cairo'.
35 #
36 # Here are the general rules I used for choosing location names,
37 # in decreasing order of importance:
38 #
39 # Use only valid Posix file names. Use only Ascii letters, digits, `.',
40 # `-' and `_'. Do not exceed 14 characters or start with `-'.
41 # E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'.
42 # Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country.
43 # One such location is enough.
44 # If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970,
45 # don't bother to include more than one location
46 # even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970.
47 # Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
48 # If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative;
49 # e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so
50 # prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'.
51 # Keep locations compact. Use cities or small islands, not countries
52 # or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split
53 # locations into different time zones. E.g. prefer `Paris'
54 # to `France', since France has had multiple time zones.
55 # Use traditional English spelling, e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Roma', and
56 # prefer `Athens' to the true name (which uses Greek letters).
57 # The Posix file name restrictions encourage this rule.
58 # Use the most populous among locations in a country's time zone,
59 # e.g. prefer `Shanghai' to `Beijing'. Among locations with
60 # similar populations, pick the best-known location,
61 # e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Milan'.
62 # Use the singular form, e.g. prefer `Canary' to `Canaries'.
63 # Omit common suffixes like `_Islands' and `_City', unless that
64 # would lead to ambiguity. E.g. prefer `Cayman' to
65 # `Cayman_Islands' and `Guatemala' to `Guatemala_City',
66 # but prefer `Mexico_City' to `Mexico' because the country
67 # of Mexico has several time zones.
68 # Use `_' to represent a space.
69 # Omit `.' from abbreviations in names, e.g. prefer `St_Helena'
70 # to `St._Helena'.
71 #
72 # For time zone abbreviations like `EST' I used the following rules,
73 # in decreasing order of importance:
74 #
75 # Use abbreviations that consist of 3 or more upper-case Ascii letters,
76 # except use "___" for locations while uninhabited.
77 # Posix.1 requires at least 3 characters, and the restriction to
78 # upper-case Ascii letters follows most traditions.
79 # Previous editions of this database also used characters like
80 # ' ' and '?', but these characters have a special meaning to
81 # the shell and cause commands like
82 # set `date`
83 # to have unexpected effects. In theory, the character set could
84 # be !%./@A-Z^_a-z{}, but these tables use only upper-case
85 # Ascii letters (and "___").
86 # Use abbreviations that are in common use among English-speakers,
87 # e.g. `EST' for Eastern Standard Time in North America.
88 # We assume that applications translate them to other languages
89 # as part of the normal localization process; for example,
90 # a French application might translate `EST' to `HNE'.
91 # For zones whose times are taken from a city's longitude, use the
92 # traditional xMT notation, e.g. `PMT' for Paris Mean Time.
93 # The only name like this in current use is `GMT'.
94 # If there is no common English abbreviation, abbreviate the English
95 # translation of the usual phrase used by native speakers.
96 # If this is not available or is a phrase mentioning the country
97 # (e.g. ``Cape Verde Time''), then:
98 #
99 # When a country has a single or principal time zone region,
100 # append `T' to the country's ISO code, e.g. `CVT' for
101 # Cape Verde Time. For summer time append `ST';
102 # for double summer time append `DST'; etc.
103 # When a country has multiple time zones, take the first three
104 # letters of an English place name identifying each zone
105 # and then append `T', `ST', etc. as before;
106 # e.g. `MOSST' for MOScow Summer Time.
107 #
108 #
109 # For Africa I invented the following time zone abbreviations.
110 # LMT Local Mean Time
111 # -1:00 AAT Atlantic Africa Time (no longer used)
112 # 0:00 WAT West Africa Time
113 # 1:00 CAT Central Africa Time
114 # 2:00 SAT South Africa Time
115 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
116 # The final `T' is replaced by `ST' for summer time, e.g. `SAST'.
117 # BEAT is British East Africa Time, which was 2:30 before 1948 and 2:45 after.
120 # Algeria
121 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
122 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
123 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 -
124 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
125 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
126 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
127 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
128 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
129 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
130 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
131 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
132 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
133 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S
134 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
135 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
136 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
137 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
138 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
139 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
140 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
141 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
142 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
143 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
144 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
145 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
146 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
147 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
148 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
149 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
150 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
151 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
152 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
153 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
154 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
155 1:00 - CET
157 # Angola
158 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
159 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
160 0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
161 1:00 - CAT
163 # Bassas da India
164 # uninhabited
166 # Benin
167 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
168 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
169 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
170 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
171 1:00 - CAT
173 # Botswana
174 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
175 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
176 2:00 - SAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
177 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
178 2:00 - SAT
180 # Burkina Faso
181 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
182 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
183 0:00 - WAT
185 # Burundi
186 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
187 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
188 2:00 - SAT
190 # Cameroon
191 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
192 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
193 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
194 1:00 - CAT
196 # Cape Verde
197 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
198 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
199 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
200 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
201 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
202 -1:00 - CVT
204 # Central African Republic
205 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
206 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
207 1:00 - CAT
209 # Chad
210 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
211 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
212 1:00 - CAT 1979 Oct 14
213 1:00 1:00 CAST 1980 Mar 8
214 1:00 - CAT
216 # Comoros
217 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
218 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
219 3:00 - EAT
221 # Democratic Republic of Congo
222 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
223 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
224 1:00 - CAT
225 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
226 2:00 - SAT
228 # Republic of the Congo
229 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
230 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
231 1:00 - CAT
233 # Cote D'Ivoire
234 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
235 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
236 0:00 - WAT
238 # Djibouti
239 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
240 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
241 3:00 - EAT
243 ###############################################################################
245 # Egypt
247 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
248 # Egypt: DST from first day of May to first of October (ending may
249 # also be on Sept 30th not 31st -- you might want to ask one of the
250 # soc.* groups, you might hit someone who could ask an embassy).
251 # DST since 1960 except for 1981-82.
253 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
254 # EGYPT 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
255 # EGYPT 3 H AHEAD OF UTC MAY 17 - SEP 30 (AFTER
256 # EGYPT RAMADAN)
258 # From Shanks (1991):
259 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
260 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
261 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
262 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
263 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
264 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
265 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
266 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
267 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
268 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
269 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
270 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
271 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
272 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
273 Rule Egypt 1966 1990 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
274 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
275 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
276 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
277 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
278 Rule Egypt 1990 only - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
279 Rule Egypt 1991 1994 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
280 Rule Egypt 1991 1994 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
281 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00 1:00 S
282 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastFri 0:00 0 -
284 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
285 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
286 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
288 # Equatorial Guinea
289 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
290 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
291 0:00 - WAT 1963 Dec 15
292 1:00 - CAT
294 # Eritrea
295 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
296 Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
297 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
298 2:35:20 - AAMT 1936 May 5 # Addis Ababa MT?
299 3:00 - EAT
301 # Ethiopia
302 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
303 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
304 2:35:20 - AAMT 1936 May 5 # Addis Ababa MT?
305 3:00 - EAT
307 # Europa Island
308 # uninhabited
310 # Gabon
311 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
312 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
313 1:00 - CAT
315 # Gambia
316 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
317 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
318 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
319 -1:00 - AAT 1964
320 0:00 - WAT
322 # Ghana
323 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-09-03):
324 # WATST is my invention for ``West Africa one-Third Summer Time''.
325 # From Shanks (1991):
326 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
327 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
328 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 WATST
329 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 WAT
330 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
331 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
332 0:00 Ghana %s
334 # Glorioso Is
335 # uninhabited
337 # Guinea
338 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
339 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
340 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
341 1:00 - CAT 1960
342 0:00 - WAT
344 # Guinea-Bissau
345 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
346 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
347 1:00 - CAT 1975
348 0:00 - WAT
350 # Juan de Nova
351 # uninhabited
353 # Kenya
354 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
355 # Shanks says the transition to 2:45 was in 1940, but it must have been 1948.
356 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
357 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
358 3:00 - EAT 1930
359 2:30 - BEAT 1948
360 2:45 - BEAT 1960
361 3:00 - EAT
363 # Lesotho
364 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
366 2:00 - SAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
367 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
368 2:00 - SAT
370 # Liberia
371 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
372 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
373 # from a GMT offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
374 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
375 # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
376 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
377 # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
378 #
379 # From Shanks (1991), as corrected by Whitman:
380 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
381 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
382 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
383 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
384 0:00 - WAT
386 ###############################################################################
388 # Libya
390 # From Bob Devine (January 28 1988):
391 # Libya: Since 1982 April 1st to September 30th (?)
393 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
394 # LIBYAN ARAB 1 H AHEAD OF UTC JAMAHIRIYA/LIBYA
395 # LIBYAN ARAB 2 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 1 - SEP 30 JAMAHIRIYA/LIBYA
397 # From Shanks (1991):
398 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
399 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
400 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
401 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
402 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
403 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
404 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
405 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
406 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
407 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
408 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
409 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
410 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
411 Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
412 Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S
413 Rule Libya 1996 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 S
414 Rule Libya 1996 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 -
415 Rule Libya 1997 max - Mar lastThu 2:00s 1:00 S
416 Rule Libya 1997 max - Oct Thu>=1 2:00s 0 -
417 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
418 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
419 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
420 2:00 - EET 1982
421 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991
422 2:00 - EET 1996 Mar 30 3:00
423 1:00 Libya CE%sT
425 # Madagascar
426 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
427 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
428 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
429 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
430 3:00 - EAT
432 # Malawi
433 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
434 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
435 2:00 - SAT
437 # Mali
438 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
439 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
440 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
441 -1:00 - AAT 1960 Jun 20
442 0:00 - WAT
443 # no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
444 Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912
445 0:00 - WAT
447 # Mauritania
448 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
449 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
450 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
451 -1:00 - AAT 1960 Jun 20
452 0:00 - WAT
454 # Mauritius
455 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
456 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
457 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
458 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
459 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
461 # Mayotte
462 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
463 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
464 3:00 - EAT
466 # Morocco
467 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
468 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
469 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
470 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
471 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
472 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
473 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
474 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
475 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
476 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
477 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
478 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
479 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
480 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
481 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
482 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
483 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
484 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
485 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
486 1:00 - CET 1986
487 0:00 - WET
488 # Western Sahara
489 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
490 -1:00 - AAT 1976 Apr 14
491 0:00 - WET
493 # Mozambique
494 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
495 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
496 2:00 - SAT
498 # Namibia
499 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
500 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
501 Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
502 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
503 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
504 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
505 2:00 - SAT 1942 Sep 20 2:00
506 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
507 2:00 Namibia SA%sT
509 # Niger
510 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
511 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
512 1:00 - CAT 1934 Feb 26
513 0:00 - WAT 1960
514 1:00 - CAT
516 # Nigeria
517 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
518 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
519 1:00 - CAT
521 # Reunion
522 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
523 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
524 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
526 # Rwanda
527 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
528 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
529 2:00 - SAT
531 # St Helena
532 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
533 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
534 -0:06 - SHT 1951 # St Helena Time (?)
535 0:00 - GMT
536 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
537 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
538 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
539 # Gough (scientific station since 1955): on GMT, says the CIA
540 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
542 # Sao Tome and Principe
543 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
544 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
545 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
546 0:00 - WAT
548 # Senegal
549 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
550 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
551 -1:00 - AAT 1941 Jun
552 0:00 - WAT
554 # Seychelles
555 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
556 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
557 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
559 # Sierra Leone
560 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
561 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
562 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
563 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
564 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
565 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
566 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
567 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
568 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
569 -1:00 SL AA%sT 1957
570 0:00 SL WA%sT
572 # Somalia
573 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
574 # Shanks omits the 1948 transition to 2:45; this is probably a typo.
575 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
576 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
577 3:00 - EAT 1931
578 2:30 - BEAT 1948
579 2:45 - BEAT 1957 # not in Shanks
580 3:00 - EAT
582 # South Africa
583 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
584 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
585 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
586 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
587 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
588 1:30 - SAT 1903 Mar
589 2:00 SA SA%sT
590 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
591 # weather station since 1947
592 # no information
594 # Sudan
595 # From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (1995-11-15):
596 # Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change.
597 # I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the
598 # United Nations: 212-573-6033
599 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
600 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
601 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
602 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
603 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
604 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
605 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
606 2:00 Sudan EE%sT
608 # Swaziland
609 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
610 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
611 2:00 - SAT
613 # Tanzania
614 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
615 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
616 3:00 - EAT 1948
617 2:45 - BEAT 1961
618 3:00 - EAT
620 # Togo
621 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
622 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
623 0:00 - WAT
625 # Tromelin
626 # uninhabited
628 # Tunisia
629 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
630 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
631 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
632 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
633 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
634 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
635 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
636 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
637 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
638 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
639 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
640 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
641 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
642 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
643 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
644 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
645 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
646 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
647 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
648 Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
649 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
650 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
651 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
652 # Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
653 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
654 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
655 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
656 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
658 # Uganda
659 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
660 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
661 3:00 - EAT 1930
662 2:30 - BEAT 1948
663 2:45 - BEAT 1957
664 3:00 - EAT
666 # Zambia
667 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
668 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
669 2:00 - SAT
671 # Zimbabwe
672 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
673 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
674 2:00 - SAT