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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/africa b/contrib/tzdata/africa index 84e1ce2..a26b91b 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/africa +++ b/contrib/tzdata/africa @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# tzdb data for Africa and environs + # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): +# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), @@ -51,13 +53,15 @@ # 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 (no longer used) -# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) -# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) +# I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s: +# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time +# +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time +# +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time # +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. +# 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though +# the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps, +# they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. +# Corrections are welcome. # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -362,6 +366,13 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct # Eritrea # Ethiopia # See Africa/Nairobi. +# +# Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia, +# as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian +# timekeeping practice that is based on solar time. See: +# Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double +# check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05. +# https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time # Gabon # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -833,94 +844,61 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # <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)))) +# From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26): +# Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition +# of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone. +# From Brian Inglis (2018-10-26): +# http://www.maroc.ma/fr/actualites/le-conseil-de-gouvernement-adopte-un-projet-de-decret-relatif-lheure-legale-stipulant-le # 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 - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 - 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 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 - Rule 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 S -Rule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 2021 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 - +Rule Morocco 2013 2018 - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2014 2018 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 - Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 - # 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 + 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 1984 Mar 16 + 1:00 - +01 1986 + 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 27 + 1:00 - +01 # Western Sahara # @@ -935,7 +913,8 @@ Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14 - 0:00 Morocco WE%sT + 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 27 + 1:00 - +01 # Mozambique # |
