1 # <pre> 2 # @(#)africa 8.27 3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 5 6 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 7 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 8 # tz (a] elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 9 10 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 11 # 12 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 13 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 14 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 15 # 16 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source 17 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 18 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 19 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 20 # of the IATA's data after 1990. 21 # 22 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 23 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 24 # 25 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 26 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 27 # I found in the UCLA library. 28 # 29 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 30 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 31 # 32 # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT 33 # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, 34 # but Mark R V Murray reports that 35 # `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, 36 # `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and 37 # `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for 38 # the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. 39 # He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. 40 # 41 # To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; 42 # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, 43 # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. 44 # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African 45 # mainland seems to have been 1976 in Western Sahara. 46 # 47 # To summarize, the following abbreviations seem to have some currency: 48 # -1:00 WAT West Africa Time (no longer used) 49 # 0:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 50 # 2:00 CAT Central Africa Time 51 # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time 52 # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: 53 # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time 54 # I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 55 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of 56 # until we get more information. 57 # 58 # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome! 59 # 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time 60 # 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used) 61 # 2:44:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used) 62 # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 63 # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 64 # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time 65 # 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) 66 67 # Algeria 68 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 69 Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S 70 Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - 71 Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S 72 Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S 73 Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S 74 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S 75 Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - 76 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S 77 Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - 78 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S 79 Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - 80 Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 81 Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - 82 Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - 83 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S 84 Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - 85 Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S 86 Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - 87 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S 88 Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - 89 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S 90 Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - 91 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 92 # more precise 0:09:21. 93 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 94 Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 95 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 96 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 97 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 98 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 99 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 100 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 101 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 102 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 103 1:00 - CET 104 105 # Angola 106 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 107 Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892 108 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time 109 1:00 - WAT 110 111 # Benin 112 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; 113 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 114 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 115 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo 0:10:28 - LMT 1912 116 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 117 1:00 - WAT 118 119 # Botswana 120 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 121 Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 122 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00 123 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 124 2:00 - CAT 125 126 # Burkina Faso 127 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 128 Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 129 0:00 - GMT 130 131 # Burundi 132 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 133 Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890 134 2:00 - CAT 135 136 # Cameroon 137 # Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 138 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 139 Zone Africa/Douala 0:38:48 - LMT 1912 140 1:00 - WAT 141 142 # Cape Verde 143 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 144 Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1907 # Praia 145 -2:00 - CVT 1942 Sep 146 -2:00 1:00 CVST 1945 Oct 15 147 -2:00 - CVT 1975 Nov 25 2:00 148 -1:00 - CVT 149 150 # Central African Republic 151 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 152 Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 153 1:00 - WAT 154 155 # Chad 156 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 157 Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 158 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 159 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 160 1:00 - WAT 161 162 # Comoros 163 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 164 Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro 165 3:00 - EAT 166 167 # Democratic Republic of Congo 168 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 169 Zone Africa/Kinshasa 1:01:12 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 170 1:00 - WAT 171 Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 172 2:00 - CAT 173 174 # Republic of the Congo 175 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 176 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 177 1:00 - WAT 178 179 # Cote D'Ivoire 180 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 181 Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 182 0:00 - GMT 183 184 # Djibouti 185 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 186 Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 187 3:00 - EAT 188 189 ############################################################################### 190 191 # Egypt 192 193 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 194 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S 195 Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 196 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S 197 Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 198 Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 199 Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - 200 Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - 201 Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S 202 Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S 203 Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 204 Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 205 Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 206 Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - 207 Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - 208 Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S 209 Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S 210 Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 211 Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S 212 Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S 213 # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. 214 # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. 215 Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S 216 Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 217 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): 218 # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: 219 # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday 220 # after observing the daylight saving time since May. 221 # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf 222 Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - 223 # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): 224 # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight 225 # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. 226 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] 227 # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm 228 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 229 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: 230 # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm 231 Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - 232 # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): 233 # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter 234 # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each 235 # year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite 236 # hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by 237 # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, 238 # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. 239 # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 240 # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. 241 242 # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): 243 # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): 244 # 245 # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 246 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 247 # Apr 23 248 # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 249 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = 250 # Apr 24 251 # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 252 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = 253 # Aug 27 254 # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 255 # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = 256 # Aug 27 257 # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 258 # 259 # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= 260 # :59) 261 # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ 262 # 263 # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. 264 # 265 # [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> 266 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 267 # </a> 268 # [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> 269 # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 270 # </a> 271 # [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> 272 # http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ 273 # </a> 274 275 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): 276 # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth 277 # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday 278 # in September. 279 280 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): 281 # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 282 # Information and Decision Support Center: 283 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> 284 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html 285 # </a> 286 # 287 # The Middle East News Agency 288 # <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> 289 # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx 290 # </a> 291 # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" 292 # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 293 # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, 294 # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine 295 # (at least today). 296 297 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): 298 # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has 299 # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during 300 # Ramadan. 301 # 302 # Arabic translation: 303 # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" 304 # <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> 305 # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again 306 # </a> 307 # or 308 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> 309 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html 310 # </a> 311 312 Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - 313 Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - 314 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 23:00s 0 - 315 Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 0:00s 1:00 S 316 Rule Egypt 2010 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - 317 318 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 319 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct 320 2:00 Egypt EE%sT 321 322 # Equatorial Guinea 323 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 324 Zone Africa/Malabo 0:35:08 - LMT 1912 325 0:00 - GMT 1963 Dec 15 326 1:00 - WAT 327 328 # Eritrea 329 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 330 Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 331 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time 332 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 333 3:00 - EAT 334 335 # Ethiopia 336 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 337 # Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones 338 # between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. 339 # We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. 340 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 341 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 342 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT 343 3:00 - EAT 344 345 # Gabon 346 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 347 Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 348 1:00 - WAT 349 350 # Gambia 351 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 352 Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 353 -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time 354 -1:00 - WAT 1964 355 0:00 - GMT 356 357 # Ghana 358 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 359 # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; 360 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 361 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST 362 Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT 363 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 364 Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 365 0:00 Ghana %s 366 367 # Guinea 368 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 369 Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 370 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 371 -1:00 - WAT 1960 372 0:00 - GMT 373 374 # Guinea-Bissau 375 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 376 Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1911 May 26 377 -1:00 - WAT 1975 378 0:00 - GMT 379 380 # Kenya 381 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382 Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 383 3:00 - EAT 1930 384 2:30 - BEAT 1940 385 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960 386 3:00 - EAT 387 388 # Lesotho 389 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 390 Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 391 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00 392 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00 393 2:00 - SAST 394 395 # Liberia 396 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 397 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch 398 # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. 399 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday. 400 # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; 401 # go with Shanks & Pottenger. 402 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and 403 # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. 404 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 405 Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 406 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time 407 -0:44:30 - LRT 1972 May # Liberia Time 408 0:00 - GMT 409 410 ############################################################################### 411 412 # Libya 413 414 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 415 Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S 416 Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 417 Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S 418 Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 419 Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S 420 Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 421 Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 422 Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 423 Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S 424 Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S 425 Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - 426 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 427 Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 428 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 429 Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 430 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 431 2:00 - EET 1982 432 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 433 # The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; 434 # the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. 435 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 436 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 437 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 438 2:00 - EET 439 440 # Madagascar 441 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 442 Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul 443 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s 444 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s 445 3:00 - EAT 446 447 # Malawi 448 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 449 Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 450 2:00 - CAT 451 452 # Mali 453 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 454 Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 455 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 456 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 457 0:00 - GMT 458 459 # Mauritania 460 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 461 Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 462 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 463 -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 464 0:00 - GMT 465 466 # Mauritius 467 468 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): 469 # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial 470 # basis.... 471 # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 472 # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... 473 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html 474 475 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): 476 # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 477 478 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): 479 # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A 480 # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving 481 # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. 482 483 # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): 484 # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. 485 486 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): 487 # According to 488 # <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> 489 # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 490 # </a> 491 # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier 492 # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start 493 # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time 494 # given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). 495 # 496 # A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date 497 # to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, 498 # but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in 499 # USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder 500 # why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which 501 # changes two days later. 502 503 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): 504 # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving 505 # time: Energy conservation?"-# No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally 506 # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... 507 # 508 # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction 509 # de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 510 # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. 511 # ... 512 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> 513 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html 514 # </a> 515 516 # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): 517 # The Government of Mauritius weblink 518 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> 519 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD 520 # </a> 521 # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: 522 # 523 # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly 524 # of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in 525 # Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of 526 # the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United 527 # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 528 # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on 529 # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the 530 # year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 531 # and end on 29 March 2009. 532 533 # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): 534 # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the 535 # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the 536 # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. 537 # <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> 538 # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf 539 # </a> 540 541 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): 542 # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe 543 # DST the coming summer... 544 # 545 # Some sources, in French: 546 # <a href="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"> 547 # 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 548 # </a> 549 # <a href="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-"> 550 # 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- 551 # </a> 552 # 553 # Our wrap-up: 554 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> 555 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html 556 # </a> 557 558 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): 559 # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: 560 # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour 561 # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." 562 563 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 564 Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S 565 Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - 566 Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 S 567 Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 568 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 569 Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis 570 4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time 571 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez 572 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius 573 574 # Mayotte 575 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 576 Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 577 3:00 - EAT 578 579 # Morocco 580 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). 581 582 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 583 # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between 584 # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. 585 # 586 # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will 587 # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to 588 # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." 589 # 590 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> 591 # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html 592 # </a> 593 # OR 594 # <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> 595 # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html 596 # </a> 597 598 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 599 # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: 600 # <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> 601 # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view 602 # </a> 603 # 604 # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. 605 # spokesman. 606 607 # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): 608 # According to this article: 609 # <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> 610 # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html 611 # </a> 612 # (and republished here: 613 # <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> 614 # http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html 615 # </a> 616 # ) 617 # the changes occurs at midnight: 618 # 619 # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be 620 # intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) 621 # sunday night the 28th at midnight 622 # 623 # Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say 624 # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and 625 # monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive 626 # june1st to sept 27th. 627 # 628 # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree 629 # published on the web. 630 # 631 # It's also confirmed here: 632 # <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> 633 # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm 634 # </a> 635 # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet 636 # posted in english). 637 # 638 # The following google query will generate many relevant hits: 639 # <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> 640 # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search 641 # </a> 642 643 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): 644 # Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow 645 # Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of 646 # Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named 647 # SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)? 648 649 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09): 650 # XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now. 651 652 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): 653 # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 654 # and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end 655 # of September: 656 # 657 # One article about it (in French): 658 # <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> 659 # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default 660 # </a> 661 # 662 # We have some further details posted here: 663 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> 664 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html 665 # </a> 666 667 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): 668 # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according 669 # to many sources, such as 670 # <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> 671 # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html 672 # </a> 673 # <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> 674 # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 675 # </a> 676 # (French) 677 # 678 # Our summary: 679 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> 680 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html 681 # </a> 682 683 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 684 # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, 685 # Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics 686 # 687 # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) 688 # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of 689 # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be 690 # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. 691 # 692 # <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> 693 # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf 694 # </a> 695 # 696 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> 697 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html 698 # </a> 699 700 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): 701 # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization 702 # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from 703 # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. 704 # 705 # Example: 706 # <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> 707 # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html 708 # </a> 709 # (French) 710 # Our page: 711 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> 712 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html 713 # </a> 714 715 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 716 717 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 S 718 Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - 719 Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 S 720 Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - 721 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 S 722 Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - 723 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 S 724 Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 725 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 S 726 Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 727 Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 728 Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 729 Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - 730 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 731 Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - 732 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 733 Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - 734 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S 735 Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - 736 Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 737 Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - 738 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 739 Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 740 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16 741 1:00 - CET 1986 742 0:00 Morocco WE%sT 743 # Western Sahara 744 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan 745 -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 746 0:00 - WET 747 748 # Mozambique 749 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 750 Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 751 2:00 - CAT 752 753 # Namibia 754 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. 755 # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. 756 757 # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in 758 # <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: 759 # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other 760 # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there 761 # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of 762 # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of 763 # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest 764 # of the country. 765 # 766 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): 767 # Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but 768 # we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. 769 770 # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 771 Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 772 Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 773 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 774 Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 775 1:30 - SWAT 1903 Mar # SW Africa Time 776 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 777 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 778 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence 779 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 780 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 781 782 # Niger 783 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 784 Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 785 -1:00 - WAT 1934 Feb 26 786 0:00 - GMT 1960 787 1:00 - WAT 788 789 # Nigeria 790 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 791 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 792 1:00 - WAT 793 794 # Reunion 795 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 796 Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis 797 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time 798 # 799 # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. 800 # The following information about them is taken from 801 # Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; 802 # no longer available as of 1999-08-17). 803 # We have no info about their time zone histories. 804 # 805 # Bassas da India - uninhabited 806 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families 807 # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 808 # Juan de Nova - uninhabited 809 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 810 811 # Rwanda 812 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 813 Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 814 2:00 - CAT 815 816 # St Helena 817 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 818 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown 819 -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time 820 0:00 - GMT 821 # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: 822 # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA 823 # Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA 824 # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): 825 # on GMT, says the CIA 826 # Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT 827 828 # Sao Tome and Principe 829 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 830 Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 831 -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time 832 0:00 - GMT 833 834 # Senegal 835 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 836 Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 837 -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun 838 0:00 - GMT 839 840 # Seychelles 841 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 842 Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria 843 4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time 844 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): 845 # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the 846 # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory 847 # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know 848 # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. 849 # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. 850 851 # Sierra Leone 852 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 853 # Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 854 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST 855 Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT 856 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST 857 Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT 858 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 859 Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 860 -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time 861 -1:00 SL %s 1957 862 0:00 SL %s 863 864 # Somalia 865 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 866 Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov 867 3:00 - EAT 1931 868 2:30 - BEAT 1957 869 3:00 - EAT 870 871 # South Africa 872 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 873 Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - 874 Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 875 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 876 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 877 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 878 2:00 SA SAST 879 # Marion and Prince Edward Is 880 # scientific station since 1947 881 # no information 882 883 # Sudan 884 # 885 # From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> 886 # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) 887 # </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: 888 # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon 889 # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for 890 # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. 891 # 892 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 893 Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S 894 Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - 895 Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S 896 Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 897 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 898 Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 899 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 900 3:00 - EAT 901 902 # Swaziland 903 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 904 Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar 905 2:00 - SAST 906 907 # Tanzania 908 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 909 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 910 3:00 - EAT 1948 911 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961 912 3:00 - EAT 913 914 # Togo 915 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 916 Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 917 0:00 - GMT 918 919 # Tunisia 920 921 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): 922 # My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, 923 # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News 924 # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP 925 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by 926 # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be 927 # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next 928 # Saturday." (My translation) 929 # 930 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): 931 # LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... 932 # <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html> 933 # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, 934 # 1h standard time. 935 # 936 # From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): 937 # The daylight saving time will be the same each year: 938 # Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 939 # Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... 940 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 941 942 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): 943 # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. 944 # (Arabic) 945 # <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> 946 # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 947 # </a> 948 # <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> 949 # http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp 950 # </a> 951 # 952 # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. 953 # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: 954 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> 955 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html 956 # </a> 957 958 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): 959 # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency 960 # 961 # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): 962 # 963 # (in English) 964 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> 965 # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 966 # </a> 967 # 968 # (in Arabic) 969 # <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> 970 # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 971 # </a> 972 973 # From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): 974 # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact 975 # that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. 976 # Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." 977 # So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). 978 979 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): 980 # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 981 # 982 # (translation): 983 # "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on 984 # Sunday... 985 # Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also 986 # coincided with the month of Ramadan..." 987 # 988 # (in Arabic) 989 # <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> 990 # http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 991 # <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> 992 # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 993 # or 994 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> 995 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html 996 997 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 998 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S 999 Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - 1000 Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S 1001 Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - 1002 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S 1003 Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - 1004 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S 1005 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - 1006 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S 1007 Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - 1008 Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S 1009 Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - 1010 Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - 1011 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S 1012 Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - 1013 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1014 Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - 1015 Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1016 Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - 1017 Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S 1018 Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1019 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S 1020 Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - 1021 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 1022 Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1023 1024 # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's 1025 # more precise 0:09:21. 1026 # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11. 1027 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1028 Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1029 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1030 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT 1031 1032 # Uganda 1033 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1034 Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul 1035 3:00 - EAT 1930 1036 2:30 - BEAT 1948 1037 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957 1038 3:00 - EAT 1039 1040 # Zambia 1041 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042 Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar 1043 2:00 - CAT 1044 1045 # Zimbabwe 1046 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1047 Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar 1048 2:00 - CAT 1049
