446 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

   446 #

   447 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch

   447 # From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02):

   448 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.

   448 #

   449 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.

   449 # The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30.

   450 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;

   450 #

   451 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.

   451 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UTC offset

   452 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and

   452 # that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.  The 1972 change was on

   453 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.

   453 # 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of:

   454 # Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of

   455 # President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972.

   456 # Monrovia: Executive Mansion.

   457 #

   458 # Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric

   459 # abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit.

   460 #

   457 			-0:44:30 -	-004430	1972 May

   464 			-0:44:30 -	MMT	1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT