--- old/test/jdk/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/africa 2019-07-24 15:18:28.000000000 -0700 +++ /dev/null 2019-07-24 15:18:28.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,1370 +0,0 @@ -# -# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. -# -# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it -# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as -# published by the Free Software Foundation. -# -# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT -# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or -# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License -# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that -# accompanied this code). -# -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version -# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, -# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. -# -# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA -# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any -# questions. -# -# tzdb data for Africa and environs - -# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of -# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. - -# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. - -# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27): -# -# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: -# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). -# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. -# -# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source -# for time zone data was the International Air Transport -# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), -# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, -# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. -# -# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, -# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which -# I found in the UCLA library. -# -# For data circa 1899, a common source is: -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. -# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 -# -# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). -# -# European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean. -# For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized. -# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT -# for UT +00 through +03, respectively, -# but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that -# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa, -# 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and -# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for -# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". -# -# To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency: -# +00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time -# +02 CAT Central Africa Time -# +02 SAST South Africa Standard Time -# and Murray suggested the following abbreviation: -# +01 WAT West Africa Time -# Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like. -# I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but -# cannot now come up with solid citations. -# -# I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s: -# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time -# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time -# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time -# +03 EAT East Africa Time -# 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though -# the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps, -# they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. -# Corrections are welcome. - -# Algeria -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - -Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - -Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - -Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - -Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - -Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - -Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - -Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - -Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - -# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's -# more precise 0:09:21. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 - 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time - 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 - 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 - 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 - 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 - 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 - 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 - 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May - 1:00 - CET - -# Angola -# Benin -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Botswana -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Burkina Faso -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Burundi -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Cameroon -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde -# -# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): -# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02. -# For now, ignore that and follow the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree -# (see Europe/Lisbon). -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1912 Jan 01 2:00u # Praia - -2:00 - -02 1942 Sep - -2:00 1:00 -01 1945 Oct 15 - -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00 - -1:00 - -01 - -# Central African Republic -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Chad -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena - 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 - 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Comoros -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Democratic Republic of the Congo -# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. - -# Republic of the Congo -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso -Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena - -# Djibouti -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -############################################################################### - -# Egypt - -# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh -# observatory; round to nearest. Milne also says that the official time for -# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this -# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said. - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S -# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. -# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): -# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight -# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of -# Egyptians would approve the cancellation." -# -# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time -# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 -# or -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html -Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): -# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: -# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday -# after observing the daylight saving time since May. -# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf -Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - -# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): -# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight -# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. -# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] -# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm -# https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 -# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: -# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm -Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - -# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): -# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter -# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each -# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite -# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by -# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, -# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. -# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): -# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. - -# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): -# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): -# -# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 -# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = -# Apr 23 -# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 -# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = -# Apr 24 -# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 -# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = -# Aug 27 -# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 -# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = -# Aug 27 -# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 -# -# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= -# :59) -# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ -# -# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. -# -# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 -# [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 -# [3] https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ - -# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): -# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth -# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday -# in September. - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): -# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet -# Information and Decision Support Center: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html -# -# The Middle East News Agency -# https://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx -# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" -# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." -# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, -# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine -# (at least today). - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): -# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has -# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during -# Ramadan. -# -# Arabic translation: -# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again" -# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html - -# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): -# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 -# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx - -# From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13): -# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) - -# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04): -# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes -# in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at -# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ... -# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ... -# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to -# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014, -# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014, -# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve -# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been -# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]... -# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258 - -# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04): -# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says -# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited -# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is -# no information about when DST will end this fall. See: -# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): -# Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. -# This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last -# Thursday of April.... Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but -# dates not yet announced.... -# http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ... -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html - -# From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20): -# Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at -# least for 2015. -# -# From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20): -# http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx -# "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving -# time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the -# practice altogether in future years." -# -# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24): -# Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his -# decision to abandon DST permanently. See Ahram Online 2015-04-24. -# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29): -# Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October.... -# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx -# From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): -# Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, - -Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 Egypt EE%sT - -# Equatorial Guinea -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Eritrea -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) -# See Africa/Johannesburg. - -# Ethiopia -# See Africa/Nairobi. -# -# Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia, -# as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian -# timekeeping practice that is based on solar time. See: -# Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double -# check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05. -# https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time - -# Gabon -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Gambia -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Ghana - -# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-30): -# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present"; -# Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942 with 20 minutes of DST, -# with transitions on 09-01 and 12-31 at 00:00. -# Page 33 of Parish GCB, Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 1066. Gold -# Coast. Report for 1919. (March 1921), OCLC 784024077 -# http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/africana/books2011-05/5530214/5530214_1919/5530214_1919_opt.pdf -# lists the Determination of the Time Ordinance, 1919, No. 18, -# "to advance the time observed locally by the space of twenty minutes -# during the last four months of each year; the object in view being -# to extend during those months the period of daylight-time available -# for evening recreation after office hours." -# Vanessa Ogle, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950 (2015), p 33, -# writes "In 1919, the Gold Coast (Ghana as of 1957) made Greenwich -# time its legal time and simultaneously legalized a summer time of -# UTC - 00:20 minutes from March to October."; a footnote lists -# the ordinance as being dated 1919-11-24. -# The Crown Colonist, Volume 12 (1942), p 176, says "the Government -# intend advancing Gold Coast time half an hour ahead of G.M.T. -# The actual date of the alteration has not yet been announced." -# These sources are incomplete and contradictory. Possibly what is -# now Ghana observed different DST regimes in different years. For -# lack of better info, use Shanks except treat the minus sign as a -# typo, and assume DST started in 1920 not 1936. -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 - -Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 - 0:00 Ghana GMT/+0020 - -# Guinea -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Guinea-Bissau -# -# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): -# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, -# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree -# (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect. -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u - -1:00 - -01 1975 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Kenya -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - +0230 1940 - 2:45 - +0245 1960 - 3:00 - EAT -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte - -# Lesotho -# See Africa/Johannesburg. - -# Liberia -# -# From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02): -# -# The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30. -# -# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset -# that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. The 1972 change was on -# 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of: -# Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of -# President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972. -# Monrovia: Executive Mansion. -# -# Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric -# abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit. -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 - -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time - -0:44:30 - MMT 1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT - 0:00 - GMT - -############################################################################### - -# Libya - -# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): -# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. -# https://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ -# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc -# -# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in -# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html -# -# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): -# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. -# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe -# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on -# lastFri instead of lastSun). - -# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25): -# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was -# cancelled yesterday.... -# https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ -# -# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): -# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02. - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 - 2:00 - EET 1982 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 -# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; -# the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors. - 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 - 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 - 2:00 - EET - -# Madagascar -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Malawi -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Mali -# Mauritania -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Mauritius - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): -# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial -# basis.... -# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to -# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html - -# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): -# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD - -# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): -# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A -# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving -# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. - -# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): -# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): -# According to -# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 -# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier -# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start -# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time -# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). -# -# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date -# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, -# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in -# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder -# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which -# changes two days later. - -# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): -# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving -# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally -# published on Monday, June 30, 2008... -# -# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction -# de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 -# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.... -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html - -# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): -# The Government of Mauritius weblink -# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD -# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: -# -# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly -# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in -# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of -# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United -# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the -# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on -# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the -# year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 -# and end on 29 March 2009. - -# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): -# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the -# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the -# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. -# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): -# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe -# DST the coming summer... -# -# Some sources, in French: -# 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 -# 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- -# -# Our wrap-up: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html - -# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): -# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: -# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour -# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis - 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05 -# Agalega Is, Rodriguez -# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius - -# Mayotte -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Morocco -# See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). - -# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): -# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between -# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. -# -# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will -# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to -# Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." -# -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html -# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html - -# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): -# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe -# Presse: -# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view -# -# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. -# spokesman. - -# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): -# According to this article: -# https://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html -# (and republished here: ) -# the changes occur at midnight: -# -# Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be -# interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday) -# Sunday night the 28th at midnight -# -# Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say -# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and -# Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive -# June 1st to Sept 27th. -# -# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree -# published on the web. -# -# It's also confirmed here: -# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm -# on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet -# posted in English). -# -# The following Google query will generate many relevant hits: -# https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): -# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 -# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end -# of September: -# -# One article about it (in French): -# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default -# -# We have some further details posted here: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): -# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according -# to many sources, such as -# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html -# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 -# (French) -# -# Our summary: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): -# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, -# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics -# -# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967) -# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of -# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be -# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. -# -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): -# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization -# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from -# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. -# -# Example: -# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html -# (French) -# Our page: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html - -# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): -# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) -# The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00 -# The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00 -# ...Official links of change in morocco -# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio -# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at -# +212.537.71.84.00 -# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ -# They said that -# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view -# is the official publication to look at. -# They said that the decision was already taken. -# -# More articles in the press -# https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html -# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 -# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim - -# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): -# They have it written in English here: -# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view -# -# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, -# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of -# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has -# also been like that in the past. - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): -# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), -# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: -# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été -# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 -# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on -# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on -# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) -# except the month of Ramadan. -# or (brief) -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html - -# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): -# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in -# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; -# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. -# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about -# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. - -# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): -# Seen Morocco change again: -# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php -# "...à partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars, -# comme annoncé précédemment." - -# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): -# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] -# -# Google translation, lightly edited: -# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) -# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, -# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the -# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry -# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return -# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until -# Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from -# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes -# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. - -# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06): -# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be -# announced a bit in advance. On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government -# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be -# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 - -# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02): -# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings -# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: -# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10 - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28): -# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day -# before it was going to end. There is a new decree (2.13.781) for -# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00 -# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules. Official -# source (French): -# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013 -# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree): -# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html - -# From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18): -# http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp - -# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05): -# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return -# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time.... DST -# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014.... -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586 - -# From Milamber (2015-06-08): -# (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes -# Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding -# that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19, -# 2015 at 2:00. The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I -# 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of -# 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015). -# Source (french): -# https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/ -# -# From Milamber (2015-06-09): -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863 -# -# From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09): -# [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go -# from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch.... -# I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in -# agrees -# with the patch. - -# From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26): -# Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition -# of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone. -# From Matt Johnson (2018-10-28): -# http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2018/BO_6720-bis_Ar.pdf -# -# From Maamar Abdelkader (2018-11-01): -# We usually move clocks back the previous week end and come back to the +1 -# the week end after.... The government does not announce yet the decision -# about this temporary change. But it s 99% sure that it will be the case, -# as in previous years. An unofficial survey was done these days, showing -# that 64% of asked peopke are ok for moving from +1 to +0 during Ramadan. -# https://leconomiste.com/article/1035870-enquete-l-economiste-sunergia-64-des-marocains-plebiscitent-le-gmt-pendant-ramadan -# -# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-01): -# For now, guess that Morocco will fall back at 03:00 the last Sunday -# before Ramadan, and spring forward at 02:00 the first Sunday after -# Ramadan, as this has been the practice since 2012. To implement this, -# transition dates for 2019 through 2037 were determined by running the -# following program under GNU Emacs 26.1. -# (let ((islamic-year 1440)) -# (require 'cal-islam) -# (while (< islamic-year 1460) -# (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) -# (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))) -# (sunday 0)) -# (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7))) -# (while (/= sunday (mod b 7)) -# (setq b (1+ b))) -# (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) -# (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) -# (insert -# (format -# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t-1:00\t-\n" -# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t0\t-\n") -# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) -# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) -# (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) - -# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2013 2017 - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 2018 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2022 only - Mar 27 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2023 only - Mar 19 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2024 only - Mar 10 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2025 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2026 only - Feb 15 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2026 only - Mar 22 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2027 only - Feb 7 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2027 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2028 only - Jan 23 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2028 only - Feb 27 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2029 only - Jan 14 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2029 only - Feb 18 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2029 only - Dec 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2030 only - Feb 10 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2030 only - Dec 22 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2031 only - Jan 26 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2031 only - Dec 14 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2032 only - Jan 18 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2032 only - Nov 28 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2033 only - Jan 9 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2033 only - Nov 20 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2033 only - Dec 25 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2034 only - Nov 5 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2034 only - Dec 17 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2035 only - Oct 28 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2035 only - Dec 2 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2036 only - Nov 23 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2037 only - Nov 15 2:00 1:00 - - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 - 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 1984 Mar 16 - 1:00 - +01 1986 - 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00 - 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 - -# Western Sahara -# -# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22): -# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters -# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as -# Morocco does. -# -# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): -# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, -# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. - -Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún - -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14 - 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00 - 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 - -# Mozambique -# -# Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. -# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree -# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf -# merely made it official? -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo -Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia - - -# Namibia - -# From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09): -# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at -# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf -# and includes this nugget: -# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the -# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall -# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on -# Sunday 4 September 1994. - -# From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06): -# ... both summer and winter time are called "standard" -# (which differs from the use in Ireland) ... - -# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): -# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html -# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other -# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there -# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of -# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of -# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest -# of the country. -# -# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22): -# Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally -# observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice. -# In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. -# See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23. -# https://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-08-09): -# Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST: -# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ -# This video is from the government decision: -# https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665 -# We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at -# the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html - -# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): -# Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally. -# However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST. See, e.g.: -# http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706 -# https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia -# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ -# Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible -# with Namibia's neighbors. - -# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. -#Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 -1:00 WAT -#Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 CAT -#Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -1:00 WAT -# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. -Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 WAT -Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 CAT -Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 WAT -# End of rearguard section. - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 - 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 - 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence -# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. -# 2:00 Namibia %s -# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. - 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 -# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07): -# The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24. See: -# http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf - 1:00 Namibia %s 2017 Oct 24 - 2:00 - CAT -# End of rearguard section. - -# Niger -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Nigeria -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep - 1:00 - WAT -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African Republic -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # Cameroon -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west) -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # Gabon -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger -Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin - -# Réunion -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - +04 -# -# Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file. -# -# Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. -# The following information about them is taken from -# Îles Éparses (, 1997-07-22, -# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). -# We have no info about their time zone histories. -# -# Bassas da India - uninhabited -# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families -# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 -# Juan de Nova - uninhabited -# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 - -# Rwanda -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# St Helena -# See Africa/Abidjan. -# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: -# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA -# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA -# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): -# on GMT, says the CIA -# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited - -# São Tomé and Príncipe - -# See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition. - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08): -# Multiple sources tell that São Tomé changed from UTC to UTC+1 as -# they entered the year 2018. -# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08): -# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017] -# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017 - -# From Vadim Nasardinov (2018-12-29): -# São Tomé and Príncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019: -# https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/ -# -# From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30): -# https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818 -# ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal -# coordinated time, will be restituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.] - -Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 - -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 00:00u # Lisbon MT - 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00 - 1:00 - WAT 2019 Jan 1 02:00 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Senegal -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Seychelles -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria - 4:00 - +04 -# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): -# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the -# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory -# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know -# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. -# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. - -# Sierra Leone -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Somalia -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# South Africa -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - -Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 - 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar - 2:00 SA SAST -Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho -Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Eswatini -# -# Marion and Prince Edward Is -# scientific station since 1947 -# no information - -# Sudan - -# From -# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13), -# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: -# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon -# Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for -# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. - -# From Ahmed Atyya, National Telecommunications Corp. (NTC), Sudan (2017-10-17): -# ... the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT+3:00) -# to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017. -# -# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18): -# A scanned copy (in Arabic) of Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the -# year 2017 can be found as an attachment in email today from Yahia -# Abdalla of NTC, archived at: -# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - -Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 - 3:00 - EAT 2017 Nov 1 - 2:00 - CAT - -# South Sudan -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:28 - LMT 1931 - 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 - 3:00 - EAT - -# Tanzania -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Togo -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Tunisia - -# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): -# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, -# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News -# , in a story attributed to AP -# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by -# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be -# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next -# Saturday." (My translation) -# -# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): -# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... -# http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html -# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, -# 1h standard time. -# -# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): -# The daylight saving time will be the same each year: -# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 -# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... -# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 - -# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): -# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. -# (Arabic) -# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 -# https://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp -# -# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. -# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: -# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): -# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency -# -# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): -# -# (in English) -# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 -# -# (in Arabic) -# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 - -# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18): -# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is -# due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period -# concerned by summer time. Therefore, the standard time will be kept -# unchanged the whole year long." So foregoing DST seems to be an exception -# (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). - -# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): -# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 -# -# (translation): -# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on -# Sunday... -# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also -# coincided with the month of Ramadan..." -# -# (in Arabic) -# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 -# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html - -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - -Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - -Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - - -# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's -# more precise 0:09:21. -# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 - 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time - 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT - -# Uganda -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Zambia -# Zimbabwe -# See Africa/Maputo.