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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/africa b/contrib/tzdata/africa index 4ace7e9..b17c62b 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/africa +++ b/contrib/tzdata/africa @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). +# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see +# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): # @@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ # 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 -# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. +# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). @@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ 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 +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 @@ -105,82 +106,57 @@ Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # Botswana -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): -# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899; -# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 - 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 - 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # Burkina Faso # See Africa/Abidjan. # Burundi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # 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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # Cape Verde +# +# Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to CVT. +# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree +# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# merely made it official? +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia +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 + -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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # Chad # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena +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 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro +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 +# Democratic Republic of the Congo +# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. # Republic of the Congo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 - 1:00 - WAT +# See Africa/Lagos. -# Côte D'Ivoire / Ivory Coast +# Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT @@ -327,7 +303,7 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # 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 (2015-05-13): +# 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): @@ -408,16 +384,13 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - 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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # 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 + 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time + 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 3:00 - EAT # Ethiopia @@ -429,16 +402,15 @@ Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time # zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in # 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 -# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data are wrong anyway. +# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong +# anyway. # 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 + 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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # Gambia # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -461,8 +433,14 @@ Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 # See Africa/Abidjan. # Guinea-Bissau +# +# Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, +# evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree +# http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf +# with the date that it took effect, namely 1912-01-01. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 +Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 -1:00 - WAT 1975 0:00 - GMT @@ -475,11 +453,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 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 +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Liberia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): @@ -546,11 +520,11 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 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 contain some obvious errors. +# 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 2012 Nov 10 2:00 + 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 2:00 - EET # Madagascar @@ -561,9 +535,7 @@ Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 3:00 - EAT # Malawi -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - CAT +# See Africa/Maputo. # Mali # Mauritania @@ -606,7 +578,7 @@ Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar # 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 +# 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 @@ -657,14 +629,14 @@ Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 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 +Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # 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 +Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3:00 - EAT # Morocco @@ -682,7 +654,8 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # 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: +# 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. @@ -760,8 +733,8 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # 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 1:00:00 -# The 31th july 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31th July 00:00:00 +# 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 @@ -831,7 +804,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # 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>. +# 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 @@ -963,16 +936,29 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún 0:00 Morocco WE%sT # Mozambique +# +# Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. +# Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree +# http://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 - CAT +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo +Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia # 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>: +# 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 @@ -989,28 +975,33 @@ 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 + 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 +# See Africa/Lagos. # Nigeria # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WAT +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African Republic +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # Cameroon +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west) +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # Gabon +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger +Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin # Réunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis +Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time # # Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file. @@ -1028,9 +1019,7 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis # 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 +# See Africa/Maputo. # St Helena # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -1047,7 +1036,7 @@ Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun # Seychelles # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria +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 @@ -1074,6 +1063,9 @@ Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 2:00 SA SAST +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho +Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland +# # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 # no information @@ -1101,9 +1093,7 @@ Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # Swaziland -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar - 2:00 - SAST +# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1128,7 +1118,7 @@ Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): # La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... -# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> +# 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. # @@ -1212,7 +1202,7 @@ Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # 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 + 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda @@ -1224,11 +1214,5 @@ Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 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 +# See Africa/Maputo. |
