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1 # @(#)africa 7.36
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> (1999-03-22):
8 #
9 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
10 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
11 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
12 #
13 # Gwillim Law 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 longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
28 #
29 # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
30 # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
31 # but Mark R V Murray <markm@grondar.za> reports that
32 # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa,
33 # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and
34 # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for
35 # the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''.
36 # He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference.
37 #
38 # To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago;
39 # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00,
40 # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00.
41 # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African
42 # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara.
43 #
44 # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency:
45 # -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used)
46 # 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time
47 # 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time
48 # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time
49 # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation:
50 # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time
51 # I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00
52 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of
53 # until we get more information.
54 #
55 # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
56 # 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
57 # 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
58 # 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
59 # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
60 # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
61 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
62 # 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
64 # Algeria
65 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
66 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
67 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun<=7 23:00s 0 -
68 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S
69 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S
70 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S
71 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S
72 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -
73 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S
74 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -
75 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S
76 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -
77 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon<=7 2:00 1:00 S
78 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 -
79 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 -
80 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S
81 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -
82 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S
83 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -
84 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S
85 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -
86 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S
87 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
88 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
89 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
90 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
91 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
92 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
93 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
94 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
95 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
96 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
97 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
98 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
99 1:00 - CET
101 # Angola
102 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
103 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
104 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
105 1:00 - WAT
107 # Benin
108 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
109 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
110 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912
111 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
112 1:00 - WAT
114 # Botswana
115 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
116 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
117 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
118 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
119 2:00 - CAT
121 # Burkina Faso
122 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912
124 0:00 - GMT
126 # Burundi
127 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
128 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
129 2:00 - CAT
131 # Cameroon
132 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
133 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
134 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912
135 1:00 - WAT
137 # Cape Verde
138 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
139 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
140 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
141 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
142 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
143 -1:00 - CVT
145 # Central African Republic
146 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
147 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912
148 1:00 - WAT
150 # Chad
151 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912
153 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
154 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
155 1:00 - WAT
157 # Comoros
158 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
159 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
160 3:00 - EAT
162 # Democratic Republic of Congo
163 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
164 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
165 1:00 - WAT
166 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
167 2:00 - CAT
169 # Republic of the Congo
170 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
171 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912
172 1:00 - WAT
174 # Cote D'Ivoire
175 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
176 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
177 0:00 - GMT
179 # Djibouti
180 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
181 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul
182 3:00 - EAT
184 ###############################################################################
186 # Egypt
188 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
189 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S
190 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
191 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S
192 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
193 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
194 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 -
195 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 -
196 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S
197 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S
198 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
199 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
200 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
201 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
202 Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 -
203 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S
204 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S
205 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
206 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
207 Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
208 # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
209 # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
210 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S
211 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
213 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
214 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
215 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
217 # Equatorial Guinea
218 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
219 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912
220 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15
221 1:00 - WAT
223 # Eritrea
224 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
225 Zone Africa/Asmera 2:35:32 - LMT 1870
226 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmera Mean Time
227 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
228 3:00 - EAT
230 # Ethiopia
231 # From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
232 # Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
233 # 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
234 # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.
235 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
236 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870
237 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
238 3:00 - EAT
240 # Gabon
241 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
242 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912
243 1:00 - WAT
245 # Gambia
246 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
247 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912
248 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time
249 -1:00 - WAT 1964
250 0:00 - GMT
252 # Ghana
253 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
254 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
255 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
256 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
257 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
258 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
259 0:00 Ghana %s
261 # Guinea
262 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912
264 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
265 -1:00 - WAT 1960
266 0:00 - GMT
268 # Guinea-Bissau
269 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
270 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26
271 -1:00 - WAT 1975
272 0:00 - GMT
274 # Kenya
275 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
276 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
277 3:00 - EAT 1930
278 2:30 - BEAT 1940
279 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
280 3:00 - EAT
282 # Lesotho
283 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
284 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
285 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
286 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
287 2:00 - SAST
289 # Liberia
290 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2001-07-17):
291 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
292 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
293 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
294 # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
295 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
296 # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
297 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
298 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
299 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
300 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
301 0:00 - GMT
303 ###############################################################################
305 # Libya
307 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
308 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
309 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
310 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S
311 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
312 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S
313 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
314 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
315 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
316 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S
317 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
318 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -
319 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
320 Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
321 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
322 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
323 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
324 2:00 - EET 1982
325 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
326 # The following entries are all from Shanks;
327 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
328 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
329 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4
330 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4
331 2:00 - EET
333 # Madagascar
334 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
335 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
336 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
337 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
338 3:00 - EAT
340 # Malawi
341 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
342 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
343 2:00 - CAT
345 # Mali
346 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
347 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912
348 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
349 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20
350 0:00 - GMT
351 # no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
352 Zone Africa/Timbuktu -0:12:04 - LMT 1912
353 0:00 - GMT
355 # Mauritania
356 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
357 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912
358 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26
359 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28
360 0:00 - GMT
362 # Mauritius
363 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
364 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
365 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time
366 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
367 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
369 # Mayotte
370 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
371 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
372 3:00 - EAT
374 # Morocco
375 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
376 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
377 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S
378 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -
379 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S
380 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -
381 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S
382 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -
383 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S
384 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
385 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S
386 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
387 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
388 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
389 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 -
390 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S
391 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -
392 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
393 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
394 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
395 1:00 - CET 1986
396 0:00 - WET
397 # Western Sahara
398 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
399 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
400 0:00 - WET
402 # Mozambique
403 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
404 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
405 2:00 - CAT
407 # Namibia
408 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
409 # Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
410 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
411 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
412 Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
413 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
414 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
415 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time
416 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
417 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
418 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
419 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3
420 1:00 Namibia WA%sT
422 # Niger
423 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
424 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912
425 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26
426 0:00 - GMT 1960
427 1:00 - WAT
429 # Nigeria
430 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
431 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep
432 1:00 - WAT
434 # Reunion
435 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
436 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
437 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time
438 #
439 # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
440 # The following information about them is taken from
441 # Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French;
442 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
443 # We have no info about their time zone histories.
444 #
445 # Bassas da India - uninhabited
446 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
447 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
448 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited
449 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
451 # Rwanda
452 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
453 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
454 2:00 - CAT
456 # St Helena
457 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
458 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
459 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time
460 0:00 - GMT
461 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
462 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
463 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA
464 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
465 # on GMT, says the CIA
466 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT
468 # Sao Tome and Principe
469 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
470 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884
471 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time
472 0:00 - GMT
474 # Senegal
475 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
476 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912
477 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun
478 0:00 - GMT
480 # Seychelles
481 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
482 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
483 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
484 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
485 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
486 # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
487 # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know
488 # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
489 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
491 # Sierra Leone
492 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
493 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
494 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST
495 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT
496 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST
497 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT
498 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
499 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882
500 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time
501 -1:00 SL %s 1957
502 0:00 SL %s
504 # Somalia
505 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
506 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
507 3:00 - EAT 1931
508 2:30 - BEAT 1957
509 3:00 - EAT
511 # South Africa
512 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
513 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
514 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
515 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
516 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
517 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
518 2:00 SA SAST
519 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
520 # scientific station since 1947
521 # no information
523 # Sudan
524 #
525 # From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html">
526 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
527 # </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
528 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
529 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
530 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
531 #
532 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
533 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
534 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
535 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
536 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
537 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
538 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
539 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
540 3:00 - EAT
542 # Swaziland
543 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
544 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
545 2:00 - SAST
547 # Tanzania
548 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
549 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
550 3:00 - EAT 1948
551 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
552 3:00 - EAT
554 # Togo
555 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
556 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893
557 0:00 - GMT
559 # Tunisia
560 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
561 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S
562 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -
563 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S
564 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -
565 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S
566 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -
567 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S
568 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -
569 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S
570 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -
571 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S
572 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 -
573 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -
574 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S
575 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -
576 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
577 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -
578 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S
579 Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -
580 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S
581 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S
582 # Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
583 # Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
584 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
585 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
586 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
587 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
589 # Uganda
590 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
591 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
592 3:00 - EAT 1930
593 2:30 - BEAT 1948
594 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
595 3:00 - EAT
597 # Zambia
598 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
599 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
600 2:00 - CAT
602 # Zimbabwe
603 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
604 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
605 2:00 - CAT