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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; corrections are welcome!# +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/SRule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 -Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 -Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 SRule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 -Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 -Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 SRule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 -Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 SRule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 -Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 SRule 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 - GMTLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # MaliLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # GambiaLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # GuineaLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # SenegalLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra LeoneLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # TogoLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # MauritaniaLink Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina FasoLink 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/SRule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 -Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 SRule 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.htmlRule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 SRule 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.pdfRule 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.htmRule 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 SRule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 -Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 SRule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 -Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 SRule 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# Ethiopia# See Africa/Nairobi.# 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/SRule 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 - EATLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # EthiopiaLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # EritreaLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # TanzaniaLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/DjiboutiLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # UgandaLink Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # SomaliaLink Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # MadagascarLink Africa/Nairobi Indian/ComoroLink 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/SRule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 SRule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -Rule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 SRule 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/SRule 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: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>)# 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# <https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees# with the patch.# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-08):# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2015's rules,# and guess that Morocco will switch to standard time at 03:00 the last# Sunday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Sunday after# Ramadan. To implement this, transition dates for 2016 through 2037 were# determined by running the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the# results integrated by hand into the table below.# (let ((islamic-year 1437))# (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\t0\t-\n"# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\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/SRule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2014 2021 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 SRule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 -Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 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 Morocco WE%sT# 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 WE%sT# 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 - CATLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # MalawiLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # BurundiLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # BotswanaLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # ZimbabweLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # RwandaLink Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of CongoLink 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 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# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/SRule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 -Rule Namibia 1994 2016 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 SRule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 -# 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 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 2017 Sep 3 2:00 2:00 - CAT# Niger# See Africa/Lagos.# Nigeria# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WATLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African RepublicLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the CongoLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # CameroonLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west)Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # GabonLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # AngolaLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial GuineaLink Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # NigerLink 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 (<http://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# 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-25-2017Zone 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# 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/SRule 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 SASTLink Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # LesothoLink Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland## Marion and Prince Edward Is# scientific station since 1947# no information# Sudan# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html># 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/SRule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 SRule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 -Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 SRule 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# Swaziland# See Africa/Johannesburg.# 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# <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):# 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/SRule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 -Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 -Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 -Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 -Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 SRule 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 SRule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 -Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 -Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 -Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 SRule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 -Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 SRule 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.