116 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
117 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
118 # more precise 0:09:21.
119 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
120 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
121 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
122 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
123 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
124 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
125 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
126 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
127 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
128 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
129 1:00 - CET
130
131 # Angola
132 # Benin
133 # See Africa/Lagos.
134
135 # Botswana
136 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
137 # Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
138 # assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
139 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
140 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
141 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
142 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
143 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
144 2:00 - CAT
145
146 # Burkina Faso
147 # See Africa/Abidjan.
148
149 # Burundi
150 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
151 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
152 2:00 - CAT
153
154 # Cameroon
155 # See Africa/Lagos.
156
157 # Cape Verde
158 #
159 # Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT.
160 # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
161 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
162 # merely made it official?
163 #
164 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
165 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
166 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
167 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
168 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
169 -1:00 - CVT
170
171 # Central African Republic
172 # See Africa/Lagos.
173
174 # Chad
175 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
176 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena
177 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
178 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
179 1:00 - WAT
180
181 # Comoros
182 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
183 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
184 3:00 - EAT
185
186 # Democratic Republic of the Congo
187 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
188 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
189 2:00 - CAT
190 # The above is for the eastern part; see Africa/Lagos for the western part.
191
192 # Republic of the Congo
193 # See Africa/Lagos.
194
195 # Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
196 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
197 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
198 0:00 - GMT
199 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali
200 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia
201 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea
202 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal
203 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone
204 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo
205 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania
206 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso
207 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe
208 Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena
209
210 # Djibouti
322 # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
323 # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
324 # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
325 # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
326 # (at least today).
327
328 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
329 # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
330 # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
331 # Ramadan.
332 #
333 # Arabic translation:
334 # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again"
335 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
336 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
337
338 # From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
339 # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
340 # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
341
342 # From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13):
343 # our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
344
345 # From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
346 # We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
347 # in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
348 # http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
349 # [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
350 # translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
351 # take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
352 # to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
353 # and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
354 # o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been
355 # reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
356 # http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
357
358 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04):
359 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says
360 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited
361 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is
362 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See:
472 #
473 # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
474 # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
475 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
476 # with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01.
477 #
478 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
479 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
480 -1:00 - WAT 1975
481 0:00 - GMT
482
483 # Kenya
484 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
485 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
486 3:00 - EAT 1930
487 2:30 - BEAT 1940
488 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
489 3:00 - EAT
490
491 # Lesotho
492 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
493 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
494 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
495 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
496 2:00 - SAST
497
498 # Liberia
499 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
500 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
501 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
502 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
503 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
504 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
505 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
506 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
507 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
508 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
509 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
510 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
511 0:00 - GMT
512
513 ###############################################################################
514
515 # Libya
516
558 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
559 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
560 2:00 - EET 1982
561 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
562 # The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
563 # the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors.
564 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
565 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4
566 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00
567 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00
568 2:00 - EET
569
570 # Madagascar
571 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
572 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
573 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
574 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
575 3:00 - EAT
576
577 # Malawi
578 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
579 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
580 2:00 - CAT
581
582 # Mali
583 # Mauritania
584 # See Africa/Abidjan.
585
586 # Mauritius
587
588 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
589 # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
590 # basis....
591 # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
592 # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
593 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
594
595 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
596 # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
597
598 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
599 # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
600 # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
970 # Morocco does.
971 #
972 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
973 # Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
974 # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
975
976 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún
977 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
978 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
979
980 # Mozambique
981 #
982 # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT.
983 # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
984 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
985 # merely made it official?
986 #
987 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
988 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
989 2:00 - CAT
990
991 # Namibia
992 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
993 # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
994
995 # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30):
996 # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html
997 # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
998 # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
999 # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of
1000 # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
1001 # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
1002 # of the country.
1003 #
1004 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
1005 # Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
1006 # we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
1007
1008 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1009 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
1037 # Réunion
1038 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1039 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
1040 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time
1041 #
1042 # Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file.
1043 #
1044 # Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows.
1045 # The following information about them is taken from
1046 # Îles Éparses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22,
1047 # in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
1048 # We have no info about their time zone histories.
1049 #
1050 # Bassas da India - uninhabited
1051 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
1052 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
1053 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited
1054 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
1055
1056 # Rwanda
1057 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1058 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
1059 2:00 - CAT
1060
1061 # St Helena
1062 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1063 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
1064 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
1065 # Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
1066 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
1067 # on GMT, says the CIA
1068 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
1069
1070 # São Tomé and Príncipe
1071 # Senegal
1072 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1073
1074 # Seychelles
1075 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1076 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
1077 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
1078 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
1079 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
1083 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
1084
1085 # Sierra Leone
1086 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1087
1088 # Somalia
1089 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1090 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
1091 3:00 - EAT 1931
1092 2:30 - BEAT 1957
1093 3:00 - EAT
1094
1095 # South Africa
1096 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1097 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
1098 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
1099 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1100 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
1101 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
1102 2:00 SA SAST
1103 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
1104 # scientific station since 1947
1105 # no information
1106
1107 # Sudan
1108 #
1109 # From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
1110 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
1111 # also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
1112 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
1113 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
1114 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
1115 #
1116 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1117 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
1118 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
1119 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
1120 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
1121 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1122 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
1123 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
1124 3:00 - EAT
1125
1126 # South Sudan
1127 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba
1128
1129 # Swaziland
1130 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1131 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
1132 2:00 - SAST
1133
1134 # Tanzania
1135 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1136 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
1137 3:00 - EAT 1948
1138 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
1139 3:00 - EAT
1140
1141 # Togo
1142 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1143
1144 # Tunisia
1145
1146 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
1147 # My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
1148 # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
1149 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
1150 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
1151 # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
1152 # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
1233 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
1234 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
1235
1236 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
1237 # more precise 0:09:21.
1238 # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
1239 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1240 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
1241 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1242 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
1243
1244 # Uganda
1245 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1246 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
1247 3:00 - EAT 1930
1248 2:30 - BEAT 1948
1249 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
1250 3:00 - EAT
1251
1252 # Zambia
1253 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1254 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
1255 2:00 - CAT
1256
1257 # Zimbabwe
1258 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1259 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
1260 2:00 - CAT
|
116 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 -
117 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
118 # more precise 0:09:21.
119 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
120 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01
121 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
122 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00
123 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7
124 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29
125 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14
126 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21
127 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26
128 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May
129 1:00 - CET
130
131 # Angola
132 # Benin
133 # See Africa/Lagos.
134
135 # Botswana
136 # See Africa/Maputo.
137
138 # Burkina Faso
139 # See Africa/Abidjan.
140
141 # Burundi
142 # See Africa/Maputo.
143
144 # Cameroon
145 # See Africa/Lagos.
146
147 # Cape Verde
148 #
149 # Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT.
150 # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
151 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
152 # merely made it official?
153 #
154 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
155 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia
156 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep
157 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15
158 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00
159 -1:00 - CVT
160
161 # Central African Republic
162 # See Africa/Lagos.
163
164 # Chad
165 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
166 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena
167 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
168 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
169 1:00 - WAT
170
171 # Comoros
172 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
173 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
174 3:00 - EAT
175
176 # Democratic Republic of the Congo
177 # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern.
178
179 # Republic of the Congo
180 # See Africa/Lagos.
181
182 # Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
183 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
184 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912
185 0:00 - GMT
186 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali
187 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia
188 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea
189 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal
190 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone
191 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo
192 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania
193 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso
194 Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe
195 Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena
196
197 # Djibouti
309 # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
310 # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
311 # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
312 # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
313 # (at least today).
314
315 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
316 # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
317 # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
318 # Ramadan.
319 #
320 # Arabic translation:
321 # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again"
322 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
323 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
324
325 # From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
326 # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
327 # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
328
329 # From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13):
330 # our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
331
332 # From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
333 # We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
334 # in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
335 # http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
336 # [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
337 # translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
338 # take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
339 # to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
340 # and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
341 # o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been
342 # reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
343 # http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
344
345 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04):
346 # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says
347 # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited
348 # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is
349 # no information about when DST will end this fall. See:
459 #
460 # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
461 # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
462 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
463 # with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01.
464 #
465 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
466 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1
467 -1:00 - WAT 1975
468 0:00 - GMT
469
470 # Kenya
471 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
472 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
473 3:00 - EAT 1930
474 2:30 - BEAT 1940
475 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
476 3:00 - EAT
477
478 # Lesotho
479 # See Africa/Johannesburg.
480
481 # Liberia
482 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
483 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
484 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
485 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
486 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
487 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
488 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
489 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
490 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
491 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
492 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
493 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time
494 0:00 - GMT
495
496 ###############################################################################
497
498 # Libya
499
541 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
542 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
543 2:00 - EET 1982
544 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4
545 # The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
546 # the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors.
547 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
548 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4
549 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00
550 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00
551 2:00 - EET
552
553 # Madagascar
554 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
555 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul
556 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
557 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s
558 3:00 - EAT
559
560 # Malawi
561 # See Africa/Maputo.
562
563 # Mali
564 # Mauritania
565 # See Africa/Abidjan.
566
567 # Mauritius
568
569 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
570 # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
571 # basis....
572 # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
573 # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
574 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
575
576 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
577 # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
578
579 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
580 # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
581 # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
951 # Morocco does.
952 #
953 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
954 # Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
955 # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
956
957 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún
958 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
959 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
960
961 # Mozambique
962 #
963 # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT.
964 # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
965 # http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
966 # merely made it official?
967 #
968 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
969 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
970 2:00 - CAT
971 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi
972 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi
973 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana
974 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe
975 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda
976 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo
977 Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia
978
979 # Namibia
980 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
981 # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
982
983 # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30):
984 # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html
985 # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
986 # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
987 # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of
988 # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
989 # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
990 # of the country.
991 #
992 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31):
993 # Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but
994 # we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
995
996 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
997 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
1025 # Réunion
1026 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1027 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
1028 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time
1029 #
1030 # Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file.
1031 #
1032 # Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows.
1033 # The following information about them is taken from
1034 # Îles Éparses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22,
1035 # in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
1036 # We have no info about their time zone histories.
1037 #
1038 # Bassas da India - uninhabited
1039 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
1040 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
1041 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited
1042 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
1043
1044 # Rwanda
1045 # See Africa/Maputo.
1046
1047 # St Helena
1048 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1049 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
1050 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
1051 # Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
1052 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
1053 # on GMT, says the CIA
1054 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
1055
1056 # São Tomé and Príncipe
1057 # Senegal
1058 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1059
1060 # Seychelles
1061 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1062 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
1063 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
1064 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
1065 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
1069 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
1070
1071 # Sierra Leone
1072 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1073
1074 # Somalia
1075 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1076 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov
1077 3:00 - EAT 1931
1078 2:30 - BEAT 1957
1079 3:00 - EAT
1080
1081 # South Africa
1082 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1083 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
1084 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
1085 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1086 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
1087 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
1088 2:00 SA SAST
1089 Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho
1090 Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland
1091 #
1092 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
1093 # scientific station since 1947
1094 # no information
1095
1096 # Sudan
1097 #
1098 # From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
1099 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
1100 # also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
1101 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
1102 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
1103 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
1104 #
1105 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1106 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S
1107 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -
1108 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S
1109 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
1110 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1111 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931
1112 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00
1113 3:00 - EAT
1114
1115 # South Sudan
1116 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba
1117
1118 # Swaziland
1119 # See Africa/Johannesburg.
1120
1121 # Tanzania
1122 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1123 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
1124 3:00 - EAT 1948
1125 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
1126 3:00 - EAT
1127
1128 # Togo
1129 # See Africa/Abidjan.
1130
1131 # Tunisia
1132
1133 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
1134 # My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
1135 # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News
1136 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
1137 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
1138 # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
1139 # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
1220 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
1221 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
1222
1223 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
1224 # more precise 0:09:21.
1225 # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
1226 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1227 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
1228 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1229 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
1230
1231 # Uganda
1232 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1233 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
1234 3:00 - EAT 1930
1235 2:30 - BEAT 1948
1236 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
1237 3:00 - EAT
1238
1239 # Zambia
1240 # Zimbabwe
1241 # See Africa/Maputo.
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