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diff --git a/libkcal/libical/tzdata/africa b/libkcal/libical/tzdata/africa deleted file mode 100644 index 434110ccd..000000000 --- a/libkcal/libical/tzdata/africa +++ /dev/null @@ -1,673 +0,0 @@ -# @(#)africa 8.10 -# <pre> - -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). - -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). -# -# Gwillim Law writes that a good source -# for recent time zone data is 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, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. -# -# 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. -# -# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). -# -# 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 -# 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. -# -# 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) -# 2:44:45 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 -# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) - -# 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 -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 - 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time - 1:00 - WAT - -# Benin -# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; -# go with Shanks & Pottenger. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Botswana -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 - 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - CAT - -# Burkina Faso -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Burundi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 - 2:00 - CAT - -# Cameroon -# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Cape Verde -# 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 - -# Central African Republic -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Chad -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 - 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Comoros -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro - 3:00 - EAT - -# Democratic Republic of Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 - 1:00 - WAT -Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 - 2:00 - CAT - -# Republic of the Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Cote D'Ivoire -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Djibouti -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT - -############################################################################### - -# Egypt - -# 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. -Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 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 23:00s 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 Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] -# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm -# http://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 23:00s 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. -Rule Egypt 2008 max - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct - 2:00 Egypt EE%sT - -# Equatorial Guinea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Eritrea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT - -# Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones -# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. -# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT - -# Gabon -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Gambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 - -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time - -1:00 - WAT 1964 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Ghana -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; -# go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST -Rule Ghana 1936 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 - -# Guinea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Guinea-Bissau -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 - -1:00 - WAT 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 - 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 - 3:00 - EAT - -# Lesotho -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - SAST - -# 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 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time - 0:00 - GMT - -############################################################################### - -# Libya - -# 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 - -# 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 following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; -# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. - 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 - 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 - 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 - 2:00 - EET - -# Madagascar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s - 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s - 3:00 - EAT - -# Malawi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT - -# Mali -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Mauritania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Mauritius -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis - 4:00 - MUT # Mauritius Time -# Agalega Is, Rodriguez -# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius - -# Mayotte -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou - 3:00 - EAT - -# Morocco -# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). -# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S -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 S -Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 - 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 - 1:00 - CET 1986 - 0:00 - WET -# Western Sahara -Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan - -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 - 0:00 - WET - -# Mozambique -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT - -# Namibia -# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. -# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. - -# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in -# <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 (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. - -# 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 - 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 - 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 - 1:00 Namibia WA%sT - -# Niger -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 - -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 - 0:00 - GMT 1960 - 1:00 - WAT - -# Nigeria -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep - 1:00 - WAT - -# Reunion -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time -# -# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. -# The following information about them is taken from -# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 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 -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun - 2:00 - CAT - -# St Helena -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown - -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT -# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: -# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA -# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA -# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): -# on GMT, says the CIA -# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT - -# Sao Tome and Principe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 - -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT - -# Senegal -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 - -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun - 0:00 - GMT - -# Seychelles -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria - 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time -# 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 -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 - -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time - -1:00 SL %s 1957 - 0:00 SL %s - -# Somalia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov - 3:00 - EAT 1931 - 2:30 - BEAT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT - -# 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 -# Marion and Prince Edward Is -# scientific station since 1947 -# no information - -# Sudan -# -# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> -# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) -# </a>, also reported by Michael 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. -# -# 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 - -# Swaziland -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST - -# Tanzania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 - 3:00 - EAT 1948 - 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 - 3:00 - EAT - -# Togo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 - 0:00 - GMT - -# Tunisia - -# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): -# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, -# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News -# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, 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): -# LaPresse, 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 - -# 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 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Tunisia 2006 max - 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 -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - BEAT 1948 - 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT - -# Zambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT - -# Zimbabwe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT |