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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/africa b/contrib/tzdata/africa index 2f7217a..84e1ce2 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/africa +++ b/contrib/tzdata/africa @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-20): +# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ # cannot now come up with solid citations. # # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! -# +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time +# +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) # +03 EAT East Africa Time @@ -967,6 +967,10 @@ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia # commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on # Sunday 4 September 1994. +# From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06): +# ... both summer and winter time are called "standard" +# (which differs from the use in Ireland) ... + # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other @@ -992,19 +996,42 @@ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia # the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September: # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html +# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): +# Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally. +# However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST. See, e.g.: +# http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706 +# https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia +# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ +# Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible +# with Namibia's neighbors. + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - -Rule Namibia 1994 2016 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. +Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 -1:00 WAT +Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 CAT +Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -1:00 WAT +# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. +#Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 WAT +#Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 CAT +#Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 WAT +# End of rearguard section. + # 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 +# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. + 2:00 Namibia %s +# Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST. +# 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 +# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07): +# The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24. See: +# http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf +# 1:00 Namibia %s 2017 Oct 24 +# 2:00 - CAT +# End of rearguard section. # Niger # See Africa/Lagos. |
