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1 # @(#)africa 7.12
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> (November 18, 1993):
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 # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below.
13 #
14 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
15 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
16 # I found in the UCLA library.
17 #
18 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
19 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
20 # Oxford University Press (1980).
21 #
22 # I added so many Zone names that the old, mostly flat name space was unwieldy.
23 # So I renamed the Zones to have the form AREA/LOCATION, where
24 # AREA is the name of a continent or ocean, and
25 # LOCATION is the name of a specific location within that region.
26 # For example, the old zone name `Egypt' is now `Africa/Cairo'.
27 #
28 # Here are the general rules I used for choosing location names,
29 # in decreasing order of importance:
30 #
31 # Use only valid Posix file names. Use only Ascii letters, digits, `.',
32 # `-' and `_'. Do not exceed 14 characters or start with `-'.
33 # E.g. prefer `Brunei' to `Bandar_Seri_Begawan'.
34 # Include at least one location per time zone rule set per country.
35 # One such location is enough.
36 # If all the clocks in a country's region have agreed since 1970,
37 # don't bother to include more than one location
38 # even if subregions' clocks disagreed before 1970.
39 # Otherwise these tables would become annoyingly large.
40 # If a name is ambiguous, use a less ambiguous alternative;
41 # e.g. many cities are named San Jose and Georgetown, so
42 # prefer `Costa_Rica' to `San_Jose' and `Guyana' to `Georgetown'.
43 # Keep locations compact. Use cities or small islands, not countries
44 # or regions, so that any future time zone changes do not split
45 # locations into different time zones. E.g. prefer `Paris'
46 # to `France', since France has had multiple time zones.
47 # Use traditional English spelling, e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Roma', and
48 # prefer `Athens' to the true name (which uses Greek letters).
49 # The Posix file name restrictions encourage this rule.
50 # Use the most populous among locations in a country's time zone,
51 # e.g. prefer `Shanghai' to `Beijing'. Among locations with
52 # similar populations, pick the best-known location,
53 # e.g. prefer `Rome' to `Milan'.
54 # Use the singular form, e.g. prefer `Canary' to `Canaries'.
55 # Omit common suffixes like `_Islands' and `_City', unless that
56 # would lead to ambiguity. E.g. prefer `Cayman' to
57 # `Cayman_Islands' and `Guatemala' to `Guatemala_City',
58 # but prefer `Mexico_City' to `Mexico' because the country
59 # of Mexico has several time zones.
60 # Use `_' to represent a space.
61 # Omit `.' from abbreviations in names, e.g. prefer `St_Helena'
62 # to `St._Helena'.
63 #
64 # We typically use traditional English time zone abbreviations,
65 # and assume that applications translate them to other languages
66 # as part of the normal localization process.
67 #
68 # I made up the following time zone abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
69 # LMT Local Mean Time
70 # -2:00 CVT Cape Verde Time (no longer used)
71 # -1:00 AAT Atlantic Africa Time
72 # 0:00 WAT West Africa Time
73 # 1:00 CAT Central Africa Time
74 # 2:00 SAT South Africa Time
75 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
76 # 4:00 SMT Seychelles and Mascarene Time
77 # The final `T' is replaced by `ST' for summer time, e.g. `SAST'.
78 # BEAT is British East Africa Time, which was 2:30 before 1948 and 2:45 after.
81 # Algeria
82 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
83 Rule Algeria 1911 only - Jan 1 0:00s 0 -
84 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
85 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 -
86 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
87 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
88 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
89 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
90 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
91 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
92 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
93 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
94 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
95 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 " DST"
96 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
97 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
98 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
99 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
100 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
101 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
102 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 " DST"
103 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
104 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 " DST"
105 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
106 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
107 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
108 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
109 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
110 0:00 Algeria WET%s 1940 Feb 25 2:00
111 1:00 Algeria MET%s 1946 Oct 7
112 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
113 1:00 - MET 1963 Apr 14
114 0:00 Algeria WET%s 1977 Oct 21
115 1:00 Algeria MET%s 1979 Oct 26
116 0:00 Algeria WET%s 1981 May
117 1:00 - MET
119 # Angola
120 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
121 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
122 0:52 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time
123 1:00 - CAT
125 # Bassas da India
126 # uninhabited
128 # Benin
129 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
130 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
131 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
132 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
133 1:00 - CAT
135 # Botswana
136 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
137 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
138 2:00 - SAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
139 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
140 2:00 - SAT
142 # Burkina Faso
143 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
144 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
145 0:00 - WAT
147 # Burundi
148 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
149 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
150 2:00 - SAT
152 # Cameroon
153 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
154 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
155 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
156 1:00 - CAT
158 # Cape Verde
159 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
160 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
161 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
162 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
163 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
164 -1:00 - AAT
166 # Central African Republic
167 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
168 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
169 1:00 - CAT
171 # Chad
172 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
173 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
174 1:00 - CAT 1979 Oct 14
175 1:00 1:00 CAST 1980 Mar 8
176 1:00 - CAT
178 # Comoros
179 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
180 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
181 3:00 - EAT
183 # Congo
184 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
185 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
186 1:00 - CAT
188 # Cote D'Ivoire
189 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
190 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
191 0:00 - WAT
193 # Djibouti
194 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
195 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
196 3:00 - EAT
198 ###############################################################################
200 # Egypt
202 # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
203 # Egypt: DST from first day of May to first of October (ending may
204 # also be on Sept 30th not 31st -- you might want to ask one of the
205 # soc.* groups, you might hit someone who could ask an embassy).
206 # DST since 1960 except for 1981-82.
208 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
209 # EGYPT 2 H AHEAD OF UTC
210 # EGYPT 3 H AHEAD OF UTC MAY 17 - SEP 30 (AFTER
211 # EGYPT RAMADAN)
213 # From Shanks (1991):
214 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
215 Rule Egypt 1900 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
216 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
217 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
218 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 " DST"
219 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
220 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
221 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
222 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
223 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 " DST"
224 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 " DST"
225 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
226 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
227 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
228 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
229 Rule Egypt 1966 max - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
230 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 " DST"
231 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 " DST"
232 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
233 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 " DST"
234 Rule Egypt 1990 max - May 1 1:00 1:00 " DST"
235 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
236 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
237 2:00 Egypt EET%s
239 # Equatorial Guinea
240 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
241 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
242 0:00 - WAT 1963 Dec 15
243 1:00 - CAT
245 # Eritrea
246 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247 Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
248 2:36 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
249 2:35 - AAMT 1936 May 5 # Addis Ababa MT
250 3:00 - EAT
252 # Ethiopia
253 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
254 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
255 2:35 - AAMT 1936 May 5 # Addis Ababa MT
256 3:00 - EAT
258 # Europa Island
259 # uninhabited
261 # Gabon
262 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
264 1:00 - CAT
266 # Gambia
267 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
268 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
269 -1:07 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
270 -1:00 - AAT 1964
271 0:00 - WAT
273 # Ghana
274 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
275 # WATDT is my invention for ``West Africa one-Third Daylight Time''.
276 # From Shanks (1991):
277 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
278 Rule Ghana 1918 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 WAT
279 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
280 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 WATDT
281 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 WAT
282 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
283 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
284 0:00 Ghana %s
286 # Glorioso Is
287 # uninhabited
289 # Guinea
290 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
291 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
292 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
293 1:00 - CAT 1960
294 0:00 - WAT
296 # Guinea-Bissau
297 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
298 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
299 1:00 - CAT 1975
300 0:00 - WAT
302 # Juan de Nova
303 # uninhabited
305 # Kenya
306 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
307 # Shanks says the transition to 2:45 was in 1940, but it must have been 1948.
308 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
309 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
310 3:00 - EAT 1930
311 2:30 - BEAT 1948
312 2:45 - BEAT 1960
313 3:00 - EAT
315 # Lesotho
316 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
317 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
318 2:00 - SAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
319 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
320 2:00 - SAT
322 # Liberia
323 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
324 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
325 # from a GMT offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
326 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
327 # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
328 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
329 # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
330 #
331 # From Shanks (1991), as corrected by Whitman:
332 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
333 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
334 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
335 -0:44:30 - LST 1972 May # Liberia Standard Time
336 0:00 - WAT
338 ###############################################################################
340 # Libya
342 # From Bob Devine (January 28 1988):
343 # Libya: Since 1982 April 1st to September 30th (?)
345 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
346 # LIBYAN ARAB 1 H AHEAD OF UTC JAMAHIRIYA/LIBYA
347 # LIBYAN ARAB 2 H AHEAD OF UTC APR 1 - SEP 30 JAMAHIRIYA/LIBYA
349 # From Shanks (1991):
350 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
351 Rule Libya 1920 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
352 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 " DST"
353 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
354 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 " DST"
355 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
356 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
357 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
358 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
359 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
360 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 " DST"
361 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 " DST"
362 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
363 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
364 Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
365 Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 " DST"
366 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
367 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
368 1:00 Libya MET%s 1959
369 2:00 - EET 1982
370 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19):
371 # usno1995 (from OAG) says Libya uses 2:00 all year, as they did before 1982.
372 # We don't know when they switched back. We'll guess 1991.
373 1:00 Libya MET%s 1991
374 2:00 - EET
376 # Madagascar
377 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
378 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
379 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
380 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
381 3:00 - EAT
383 # Malawi
384 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
385 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
386 2:00 - SAT
388 # Mali
389 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
390 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
391 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
392 -1:00 - AAT 1960 Jun 20
393 0:00 - WAT
394 # no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
395 Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912
396 0:00 - WAT
398 # Mauritania
399 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
400 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
401 0:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
402 -1:00 - AAT 1960 Jun 20
403 0:00 - WAT
405 # Mauritius
406 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
407 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
408 4:00 - SMT
409 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
410 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
412 # Mayotte
413 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
414 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
415 3:00 - EAT
417 # Morocco
418 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
419 Rule Morocco 1913 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 -
420 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 " DST"
421 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
422 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 " DST"
423 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
424 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 " DST"
425 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
426 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 " DST"
427 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
428 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 " DST"
429 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
430 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
431 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
432 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
433 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
434 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
435 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
436 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
437 0:00 Morocco WET%s 1984 Mar 16
438 1:00 - MET 1986
439 0:00 - WET
440 # The following are controlled by Spain, and are like Europe/Madrid:
441 # Alboran, Alhucemas Is, Ceuta, Chafarinas Is, Melilla.
443 # Mozambique
444 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
445 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
446 2:00 - SAT
448 # Namibia
449 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
450 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
451 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
452 2:00 - SAT 1942 Sep 20 2:00
453 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
454 2:00 - SAT
456 # Niger
457 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
458 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
459 1:00 - CAT 1934 Feb 26
460 0:00 - WAT 1960
461 1:00 - CAT
463 # Nigeria
464 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
465 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
466 1:00 - CAT
468 # Reunion
469 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
470 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
471 4:00 - SMT
473 # Rwanda
474 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
475 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
476 2:00 - SAT
478 # St Helena
479 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
480 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
481 -0:06 - ?MT 1951 # a typo in Shanks?
482 0:00 - GMT
483 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
484 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, says Whitman
485 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995
486 # Gough, Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
488 # Sao Tome and Principe
489 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
490 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
491 -0:37 - ?MT 1912 # a typo in Shanks?
492 0:00 - WAT
494 # Senegal
495 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
496 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
497 -1:00 - AAT 1941 Jun
498 0:00 - WAT
500 # Seychelles
501 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
502 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
503 4:00 - SMT
505 # Sierra Leone
506 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
507 Rule SL 1913 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 -
508 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
509 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
510 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
511 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
512 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
513 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
514 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
515 -0:53 - FMT 1913 Jun
516 -1:00 SL AA%sT 1957
517 0:00 SL WA%sT
519 # Somalia
520 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
521 # Shanks omits the 1948 transition to 2:45; this is probably a typo.
522 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
523 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
524 3:00 - EAT 1931
525 2:30 - BEAT 1948
526 2:45 - BEAT 1957 # not in Shanks
527 3:00 - EAT
529 # South Africa
530 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
531 Rule SA 1892 only - Feb 8 0:00 0 -
532 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 S
533 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
534 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
535 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
536 1:30 - SAT 1903 Mar
537 2:00 SA SA%sT
538 # Prince Edward Is
539 # no information
541 # Sudan
542 # From Michael Ross <mross@antigone.com> (November 15, 1995):
543 # Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change.
544 # I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the
545 # United Nations: 212-573-6033
546 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
547 Rule Sudan 1931 only - Feb 8 0:00 0 -
548 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 " DST"
549 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
550 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 " DST"
551 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 " DST"
552 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
553 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
554 2:00 Sudan EET%s
556 # Swaziland
557 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
558 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
559 2:00 - SAT
561 # Tanzania
562 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
563 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
564 3:00 - EAT 1948
565 2:45 - BEAT 1961
566 3:00 - EAT
568 # Togo
569 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
570 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
571 0:00 - WAT
573 # Tromelin
574 # uninhabited
576 # Tunisia
577 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
578 Rule Tunisia 1911 only - Mar 9 0:00 0 -
579 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
580 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
581 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 " DST"
582 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
583 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 " DST"
584 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
585 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 " DST"
586 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
587 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 " DST"
588 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
589 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 " DST"
590 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
591 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
592 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
593 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
594 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
595 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
596 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
597 Rule Tunisia 1988 max - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
598 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
599 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
600 Rule Tunisia 1991 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 " DST"
601 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
602 # Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
603 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
604 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
605 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
606 1:00 Tunisia MET%s
608 # Uganda
609 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
610 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
611 3:00 - EAT 1930
612 2:30 - BEAT 1948
613 2:45 - BEAT 1957
614 3:00 - EAT
616 # Zaire
617 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
618 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
619 1:00 - CAT
620 Zone Africa/Lumumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
621 2:00 - SAT
623 # Zambia
624 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
625 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
626 2:00 - SAT
628 # Zimbabwe
629 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
630 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
631 2:00 - SAT