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# Lesotho
# See Africa/Johannesburg.
# Liberia
! # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
! # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
! # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
! # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
! # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
! # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
! # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
! # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
# 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 - -004430 1972 May
0:00 - GMT
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# Libya
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# 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 UTC 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
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# Libya
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