--- old/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/africa 2017-03-02 14:07:51.271361001 +0530 +++ new/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/africa 2017-03-02 14:07:51.155361001 +0530 @@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-20): # # 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. # -# Gwillim Law writes that a good source -# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# 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, @@ -54,39 +54,33 @@ # 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 +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, -# but Mark R V Murray reports that -# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, -# 'CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and -# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for +# 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". -# He has heard of "Western Sahara Time" for +0:00 but can find no reference. # -# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; -# I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, -# and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. -# This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African -# mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. -# -# To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: -# -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) -# 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time -# 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time -# 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time -# and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: -# 1:00 WAT West Africa Time -# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 -# for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of -# until we get more information. +# 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; corrections are welcome! -# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time -# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) -# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) -# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) -# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) -# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time +# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time +# +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 @@ -144,17 +138,17 @@ # Cape Verde / Cabo Verde # -# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT. +# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02. # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree -# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf # merely made it official? # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia - -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep - -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 - -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 - -1:00 - CVT + -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. @@ -411,7 +405,7 @@ Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 - 0:00 Ghana %s + 0:00 Ghana GMT/+0020 # Guinea # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -420,20 +414,20 @@ # # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree -# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf # with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 - -1:00 - WAT 1975 + -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 - BEAT 1940 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 + 2:30 - +0230 1940 + 2:45 - +0245 1960 3:00 - EAT Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea @@ -460,7 +454,7 @@ # 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 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time + -0:44:30 - -004430 1972 May 0:00 - GMT ############################################################################### @@ -619,7 +613,7 @@ 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 MU%sT # Mauritius Time + 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius @@ -938,14 +932,14 @@ # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún - -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 + -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14 0:00 Morocco WE%sT # Mozambique # # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree -# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf # merely made it official? # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -972,16 +966,19 @@ # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest # of the country. # -# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): -# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but -# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. +# 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. +# http://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 - 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time + 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 @@ -1008,7 +1005,7 @@ # Réunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time + 4:00 - +04 # # Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file. # @@ -1043,7 +1040,7 @@ # Seychelles # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria - 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time + 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