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See the GNU General Public License 13 # version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 14 # accompanied this code). 15 # 16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 17 # 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 18 # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 19 # 20 # Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, 21 # CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or 22 # have any questions. 23 # 24 # @(#)africa 8.16 25 # <pre> 26 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 27 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 28 29 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 30 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 31 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 32 33 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 34 # 35 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 36 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 37 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 38 # 39 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source 40 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 41 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 42 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 43 # of the IATA's data after 1990. 44 # 45 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 46 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 47 # 48 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 49 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 50 # I found in the UCLA library. 51 # 52 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 53 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 54 # 55 # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 56 # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 57 # but Mark R V Murray reports that 58 # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 59 # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 60 # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 61 # the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 62 # He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 63 # 64 # To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 65 # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 66 # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 67 # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 68 # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 69 # 70 # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 71 # -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 72 # 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 73 # 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 74 # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 75 # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 76 # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 77 # I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 78 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 79 # until we get more information. 80 # 81 # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 82 # 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 83 # 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 84 # 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 85 # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 86 # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 87 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 88 # 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 89 90 # Algeria 91 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 92 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 93 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 94 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 95 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 96 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 97 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 98 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 99 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 100 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 101 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 102 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 103 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 104 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 105 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 106 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 107 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 108 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 109 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 110 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 111 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 112 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 113 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 114 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 115 # more precise 0:09:21. 116 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 117 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 118 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 119 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 120 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 121 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 122 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 123 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 124 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 125 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 126 1:00 - CET 127 128 # Angola 129 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 130 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 131 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 132 1:00 - WAT 133 134 # Benin 135 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 136 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 137 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 138 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 139 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 140 1:00 - WAT 141 142 # Botswana 143 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 144 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 145 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 146 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 147 2:00 - CAT 148 149 # Burkina Faso 150 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 151 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 152 0:00 - GMT 153 154 # Burundi 155 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 156 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 157 2:00 - CAT 158 159 # Cameroon 160 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 161 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 162 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 163 1:00 - WAT 164 165 # Cape Verde 166 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 167 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 168 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 169 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 170 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 171 -1:00 - CVT 172 173 # Central African Republic 174 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 175 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 176 1:00 - WAT 177 178 # Chad 179 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 181 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 182 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 183 1:00 - WAT 184 185 # Comoros 186 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 187 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 188 3:00 - EAT 189 190 # Democratic Republic of Congo 191 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 192 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 193 1:00 - WAT 194 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 195 2:00 - CAT 196 197 # Republic of the Congo 198 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 199 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 200 1:00 - WAT 201 202 # Cote D'Ivoire 203 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 204 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 205 0:00 - GMT 206 207 # Djibouti 208 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 209 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 210 3:00 - EAT 211 212 ############################################################################### 213 214 # Egypt 215 216 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 217 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 218 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 219 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 220 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 221 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 222 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 223 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 224 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 225 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 226 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 227 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 228 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 229 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 230 Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 231 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 232 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 233 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 234 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 235 Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 236 # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 237 # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 238 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 239 Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 240 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 241 # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 242 # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 243 # after observing the daylight saving time since May. 244 # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 245 Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 246 # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 247 # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 248 # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 249 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 250 # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 251 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 252 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 253 # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 254 Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 255 # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 256 # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 257 # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 258 # year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 259 # hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 260 # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 261 # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 262 # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 263 # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 264 265 # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 266 # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 267 # 268 # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 269 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 270 # Apr 23 271 # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 272 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 273 # Apr 24 274 # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 275 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 276 # Aug 27 277 # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 278 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 279 # Aug 27 280 # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 281 # 282 # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 283 # :59) 284 # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 285 # 286 # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 287 # 288 # [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 289 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 290 # </a> 291 # [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 292 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 293 # </a> 294 # [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 295 # http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 296 # </a> 297 298 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 299 # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 300 # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 301 # in September. 302 303 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 304 # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 305 # Information and Decision Support Center: 306 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 307 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 308 # </a> 309 # 310 # The Middle East News Agency 311 # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 312 # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 313 # </a> 314 # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 315 # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 316 # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 317 # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 318 # (at least today). 319 320 Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 321 Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 322 Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 323 324 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 325 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 326 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 327 328 # Equatorial Guinea 329 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 330 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 331 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 332 1:00 - WAT 333 334 # Eritrea 335 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 336 Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 337 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 338 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 339 3:00 - EAT 340 341 # Ethiopia 342 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 343 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 344 # between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 345 # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 346 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 347 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 348 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 349 3:00 - EAT 350 351 # Gabon 352 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 353 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 354 1:00 - WAT 355 356 # Gambia 357 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 358 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 359 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 360 -1:00 - WAT 1964 361 0:00 - GMT 362 363 # Ghana 364 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 365 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 366 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 367 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 368 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 369 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 370 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 371 0:00 Ghana %s 372 373 # Guinea 374 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 375 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 376 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 377 -1:00 - WAT 1960 378 0:00 - GMT 379 380 # Guinea-Bissau 381 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 383 -1:00 - WAT 1975 384 0:00 - GMT 385 386 # Kenya 387 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 388 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 389 3:00 - EAT 1930 390 2:30 - BEAT 1940 391 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 392 3:00 - EAT 393 394 # Lesotho 395 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 396 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 397 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 398 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 399 2:00 - SAST 400 401 # Liberia 402 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 403 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 404 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 405 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 406 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 407 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 408 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 409 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 410 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 411 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 412 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 413 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 414 0:00 - GMT 415 416 ############################################################################### 417 418 # Libya 419 420 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 421 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 422 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 423 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 424 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 425 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 426 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 427 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 428 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 429 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 430 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 431 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 432 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 433 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 434 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 435 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 436 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 437 2:00 - EET 1982 438 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 439 # The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 440 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 441 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 442 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 443 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 444 2:00 - EET 445 446 # Madagascar 447 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 448 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 449 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 450 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 451 3:00 - EAT 452 453 # Malawi 454 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 455 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 456 2:00 - CAT 457 458 # Mali 459 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 460 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 461 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 462 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 463 0:00 - GMT 464 465 # Mauritania 466 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 467 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 468 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 469 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 470 0:00 - GMT 471 472 # Mauritius 473 474 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 475 # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 476 # basis.... 477 # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 478 # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 479 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 480 481 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 482 # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 483 484 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 485 # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 486 # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 487 # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 488 489 # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 490 # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 491 492 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 493 # According to 494 # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 495 # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 496 # </a> 497 # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 498 # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 499 # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 500 # given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 501 # 502 # A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 503 # to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 504 # but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 505 # USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 506 # why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 507 # changes two days later. 508 509 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 510 # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 511 # time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 512 # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 513 # 514 # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 515 # de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 516 # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 517 # ... 518 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 519 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 520 # </a> 521 522 # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 523 # The Government of Mauritius weblink 524 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 525 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 526 # </a> 527 # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 528 # 529 # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 530 # of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 531 # Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 532 # the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 533 # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 534 # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 535 # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 536 # year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 537 # and end on 29 March 2009. 538 539 # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 540 # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 541 # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 542 # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 543 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 544 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 545 # </a> 546 547 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 548 # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 549 # DST the coming summer... 550 # 551 # Some sources, in French: 552 # <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB"> 553 # http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB 554 # </a> 555 # <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-"> 556 # http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints- 557 # </a> 558 # 559 # Our wrap-up: 560 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 561 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 562 # </a> 563 564 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 565 # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 566 # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 567 # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 568 569 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 570 Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 571 Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 572 Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 573 Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 574 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 575 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 576 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 577 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez 578 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 579 580 # Mayotte 581 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 582 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 583 3:00 - EAT 584 585 # Morocco 586 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 587 588 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 589 # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 590 # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 591 # 592 # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 593 # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 594 # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 595 # 596 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 597 # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 598 # </a> 599 # OR 600 # <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 601 # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 602 # </a> 603 604 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 605 # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 606 # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 607 # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 608 # </a> 609 # 610 # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 611 # spokesman. 612 613 # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 614 # According to this article: 615 # <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 616 # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 617 # </a> 618 # (and republished here: 619 # <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 620 # http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 621 # </a> 622 # ) 623 # the changes occurs at midnight: 624 # 625 # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 626 # intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 627 # sunday night the 28th at midnight 628 # 629 # Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 630 # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 631 # monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 632 # june1st to sept 27th. 633 # 634 # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 635 # published on the web. 636 # 637 # It's also confirmed here: 638 # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 639 # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 640 # </a> 641 # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 642 # posted in english). 643 # 644 # The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 645 # <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 646 # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 647 # </a> 648 649 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 650 # Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 651 # Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 652 # Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 653 # SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 654 655 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 656 # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 657 658 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 659 # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 660 # and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 661 # of September: 662 # 663 # One article about it (in French): 664 # <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> 665 # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 666 # </a> 667 # 668 # We have some further details posted here: 669 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 670 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 671 # </a> 672 673 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 674 # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 675 # to many sources, such as 676 # <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 677 # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 678 # </a> 679 # <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 680 # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 681 # </a> 682 # (French) 683 # 684 # Our summary: 685 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 686 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 687 # </a> 688 689 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 690 # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 691 # Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 692 # 693 # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 694 # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 695 # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 696 # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 697 # 698 # <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 699 # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 700 # </a> 701 # 702 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 703 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 704 # </a> 705 706 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 707 708 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 709 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 710 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 711 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 712 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 713 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 714 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 715 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 716 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 717 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 718 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 719 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 720 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 721 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 722 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 723 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 724 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 725 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 726 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 727 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 728 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 729 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 730 1:00 - CET 1986 731 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 732 # Western Sahara 733 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 734 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 735 0:00 - WET 736 737 # Mozambique 738 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 739 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 740 2:00 - CAT 741 742 # Namibia 743 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 744 # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 745 746 # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 747 # <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 748 # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 749 # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 750 # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 751 # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 752 # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 753 # of the country. 754 # 755 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 756 # Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 757 # we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 758 759 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 760 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 761 Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 762 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 763 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 764 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 765 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 766 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 767 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 768 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 769 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 770 771 # Niger 772 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 773 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 774 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 775 0:00 - GMT 1960 776 1:00 - WAT 777 778 # Nigeria 779 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 780 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 781 1:00 - WAT 782 783 # Reunion 784 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 785 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 786 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 787 # 788 # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 789 # The following information about them is taken from 790 # Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 791 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 792 # We have no info about their time zone histories. 793 # 794 # Bassas da India - uninhabited 795 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 796 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 797 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited 798 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 799 800 # Rwanda 801 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 802 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 803 2:00 - CAT 804 805 # St Helena 806 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 807 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 808 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 809 0:00 - GMT 810 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 811 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 812 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 813 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 814 # on GMT, says the CIA 815 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 816 817 # Sao Tome and Principe 818 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 819 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 820 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 821 0:00 - GMT 822 823 # Senegal 824 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 825 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 826 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 827 0:00 - GMT 828 829 # Seychelles 830 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 831 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 832 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 833 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 834 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 835 # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 836 # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 837 # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 838 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 839 840 # Sierra Leone 841 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 842 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 843 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 844 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 845 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 846 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 847 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 848 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 849 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 850 -1:00 SL %s 1957 851 0:00 SL %s 852 853 # Somalia 854 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 855 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 856 3:00 - EAT 1931 857 2:30 - BEAT 1957 858 3:00 - EAT 859 860 # South Africa 861 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 862 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 863 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 864 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 865 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 866 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 867 2:00 SA SAST 868 # Marion and Prince Edward Is 869 # scientific station since 1947 870 # no information 871 872 # Sudan 873 # 874 # From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 875 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 876 # </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 877 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 878 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 879 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 880 # 881 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 882 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 883 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 884 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 885 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 886 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 887 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 888 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 889 3:00 - EAT 890 891 # Swaziland 892 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 893 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 894 2:00 - SAST 895 896 # Tanzania 897 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 898 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 899 3:00 - EAT 1948 900 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 901 3:00 - EAT 902 903 # Togo 904 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 905 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 906 0:00 - GMT 907 908 # Tunisia 909 910 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 911 # My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 912 # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 913 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 914 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 915 # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 916 # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 917 # Saturday." (My translation) 918 # 919 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 920 # LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 921 # <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 922 # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 923 # 1h standard time. 924 # 925 # From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 926 # The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 927 # Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 928 # Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 929 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 930 931 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 932 # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 933 # (Arabic) 934 # <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 935 # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 936 # </a> 937 # <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 938 # http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 939 # </a> 940 # 941 # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 942 # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 943 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 944 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 945 # </a> 946 947 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 948 # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 949 # 950 # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 951 # 952 # (in English) 953 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 954 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 955 # </a> 956 # 957 # (in Arabic) 958 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 959 # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 960 # </a> 961 962 # From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 963 # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 964 # that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 965 # Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 966 # So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 967 968 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 969 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 970 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 971 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 972 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 973 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 974 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 975 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 976 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 977 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 978 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 979 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 980 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 981 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 982 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 983 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 984 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 985 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 986 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 987 Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 988 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 989 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 990 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 991 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 992 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 993 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 994 Rule Tunisia 2010 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 995 Rule Tunisia 2010 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 996 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 997 # more precise 0:09:21. 998 # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 999 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1000 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1001 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1002 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 1003 1004 # Uganda 1005 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1006 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 1007 3:00 - EAT 1930 1008 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1009 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 1010 3:00 - EAT 1011 1012 # Zambia 1013 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1014 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1015 2:00 - CAT 1016 1017 # Zimbabwe 1018 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1019 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1020 2:00 - CAT