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*** 19,37 **** # # 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. # # 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 (2017-04-09): # # 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. --- 19,39 ---- # # 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.
*** 72,88 **** # +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; corrections are welcome! ! # +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time (no longer used) ! # +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) ! # +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # +03 EAT East Africa Time ! # 'EAT' also seems to have caught on; the others are rare but are paired ! # with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. # 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 - --- 74,92 ---- # +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 -
*** 383,392 **** --- 387,403 ---- # See Africa/Lagos. # Eritrea # 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
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