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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/africa b/contrib/tzdata/africa index 4bf491e99d50..92d823a0515c 100644 --- a/contrib/tzdata/africa +++ b/contrib/tzdata/africa @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. # https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # +# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see: +# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913), +# page 752, 18b. +# # European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean. # For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized. # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT @@ -97,22 +101,6 @@ Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 16 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May 1:00 - CET -# Angola -# Benin -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Botswana -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Burkina Faso -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Burundi -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Cameroon -# See Africa/Lagos. - # Cape Verde / Cabo Verde # # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): @@ -127,49 +115,43 @@ Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1912 Jan 01 2:00u # Praia -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00 -1:00 - -01 -# Central African Republic -# See Africa/Lagos. - # Chad # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena +Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 1:00 - WAT -# Comoros -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Democratic Republic of the Congo -# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. +# Burkina Faso +# Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) +# The Gambia +# Ghana +# Guinea +# Iceland +# Mali +# Mauritania +# St Helena +# Senegal +# Sierra Leone +# Togo -# Republic of the Congo -# See Africa/Lagos. +# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: +# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA +# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA +# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): +# on GMT, says the CIA +# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited -# Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 +Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 0:00 - GMT -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra # Ghana -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # The Gambia -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania -Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso -Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena - -# Djibouti -# See Africa/Nairobi. ############################################################################### # Egypt # Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh -# observatory; round to nearest. Milne also says that the official time for +# observatory. Milne also says that the official time for # Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this # did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said. @@ -307,13 +289,6 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]... # http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258 -# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04): -# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says -# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited -# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is -# no information about when DST will end this fall. See: -# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): # Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. # This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last @@ -343,6 +318,14 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): # Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, +# From Ahmad ElDardiry (2023-03-01): +# Egypt officially announced today that daylight savings will be +# applied from last Friday of April to last Thursday of October. +# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-01): +# Assume transitions are at 00:00 and 24:00 respectively. +# From Amir Adib (2023-03-07): +# https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianCabinet/posts/638829614954129/ + Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - @@ -352,38 +335,14 @@ Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S Rule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2023 max - Oct lastThu 24:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] + #STDOFF 2:05:08.9 Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT -# Equatorial Guinea -# See Africa/Lagos. - -# Eritrea -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) -# See Africa/Johannesburg. - -# 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. - -# The Gambia -# Ghana -# Guinea -# See Africa/Abidjan. - # Guinea-Bissau # # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): @@ -396,7 +355,16 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u -1:00 - -01 1975 0:00 - GMT +# Comoros +# Djibouti +# Eritrea +# Ethiopia # Kenya +# Madagascar +# Mayotte +# Somalia +# Tanzania +# Uganda # From P Chan (2020-10-24): # @@ -407,7 +375,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u # At midnight on 30 June 1928 the clocks throughout Kenya was put forward # half an hour by the Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1928. # https://gazettes.africa/archive/ke/1928/ke-government-gazette-dated-1928-05-11-no-28.pdf -# [Ordinance No. 11 of 1928, The Offical Gazette, 1928-06-26, p 813] +# [Ordinance No. 11 of 1928, The Official Gazette, 1928-06-26, p 813] # https://books.google.com/books?id=2S0S6os32ZUC&pg=PA813 # # The 1928 ordinance was repealed by the Alteration of Time (repeal) Ordinance, @@ -439,6 +407,14 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u # The 1908-05-01 announcement does not give an effective date, # so just say "1908 May". +# From Paul Eggert (2018-09-11): +# 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 + # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1908 May 2:30 - +0230 1928 Jun 30 24:00 @@ -446,18 +422,6 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1908 May 2:30 - +0230 1936 Dec 31 24:00 2:45 - +0245 1942 Jul 31 24:00 3:00 - EAT -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda -Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro -Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte - -# Lesotho -# See Africa/Johannesburg. # Liberia # @@ -472,7 +436,7 @@ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972. # Monrovia: Executive Mansion. # -# Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric +# Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more accurate numeric # abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit. # # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -538,16 +502,6 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 2:00 - EET -# Madagascar -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Malawi -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# Mali -# Mauritania -# See Africa/Abidjan. - # Mauritius # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): @@ -619,8 +573,8 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 # DST the coming summer... # # Some sources, in French: -# 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 -# 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- +# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-«-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99été-ne-sera-pas-appliquée-cette-année-» +# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-économie-d-énergie-de-l-heure-d-été-ont-été-atteints- # # Our wrap-up: # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html @@ -641,8 +595,6 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # Agalega Is, Rodriguez # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius -# Mayotte -# See Africa/Nairobi. # Morocco # See Africa/Ceuta for Spanish Morocco. @@ -753,7 +705,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # More articles in the press # https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 -# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim +# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT+1-a-partir-de-dim # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): # They have it written in English here: @@ -768,7 +720,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été -# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 +# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-légale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-dété # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) @@ -892,19 +844,28 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # Friday or Saturday (and so the 2 days off are on a weekend), the next time # shift will be the next weekend. # -# From Paul Eggert (2020-05-31): +# From Milamber (2021-03-31, 2022-03-10): +# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=2076 +# https://www.ecoactu.ma/horaires-administration-ramadan-gmtheure-gmt-a-partir-de-dimanche-27-mars/ +# +# From Milamber (2023-03-14, 2023-03-15): +# The return to legal GMT time will take place this Sunday, March 19 at 3 a.m. +# ... the return to GMT+1 will be made on Sunday April 23, 2023 at 2 a.m. +# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites/passage-à-l%E2%80%99heure-gmt-à-partir-du-dimanche-19-mars-2023 +# +# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-14): # For now, guess that in the future Morocco will fall back at 03:00 # the last Sunday before Ramadan, and spring forward at 02:00 the -# first Sunday after two days after Ramadan. To implement this, +# first Sunday after one day after Ramadan. To implement this, # transition dates and times for 2019 through 2087 were determined by -# running the following program under GNU Emacs 26.3. (This algorithm +# running the following program under GNU Emacs 28.2. (This algorithm # also produces the correct transition dates for 2016 through 2018, # though the times differ due to Morocco's time zone change in 2018.) # (let ((islamic-year 1440)) # (require 'cal-islam) # (while (< islamic-year 1511) # (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) -# (b (+ 2 (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))) +# (b (+ 1 (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))) # (sunday 0)) # (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7))) # (while (/= sunday (mod b 7)) @@ -918,10 +879,6 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # (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 Milamber (2021-03-31, 2022-03-10), confirming these predictions: -# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=2076 -# https://www.ecoactu.ma/horaires-administration-ramadan-gmtheure-gmt-a-partir-de-dimanche-27-mars/ # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 - @@ -974,7 +931,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2022 only - Mar 27 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2023 only - Mar 19 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 30 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 23 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2024 only - Mar 10 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2025 only - Feb 23 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -990,7 +947,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2029 only - Feb 18 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2029 only - Dec 30 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2030 only - Feb 10 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2030 only - Dec 22 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2031 only - Feb 2 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2031 only - Jan 26 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2031 only - Dec 14 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2032 only - Jan 18 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2032 only - Nov 28 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1006,7 +963,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2036 only - Nov 23 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2037 only - Nov 15 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2038 only - Sep 26 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2038 only - Nov 7 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2038 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2039 only - Sep 18 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2039 only - Oct 23 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2040 only - Sep 2 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1022,7 +979,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2044 only - Aug 28 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2045 only - Jul 9 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2045 only - Aug 20 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2046 only - Jul 1 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2046 only - Aug 12 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2046 only - Aug 5 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2047 only - Jun 23 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2047 only - Jul 28 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2048 only - Jun 7 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1038,7 +995,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2052 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2053 only - Apr 13 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2053 only - May 25 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2054 only - Apr 5 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2054 only - May 17 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2054 only - May 10 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2055 only - Mar 28 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2055 only - May 2 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2056 only - Mar 12 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1054,7 +1011,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2060 only - Mar 7 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2061 only - Jan 16 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2061 only - Feb 27 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2062 only - Jan 8 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2062 only - Feb 19 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2062 only - Feb 12 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2062 only - Dec 31 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2063 only - Feb 4 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2063 only - Dec 16 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1070,7 +1027,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2067 only - Dec 11 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2068 only - Oct 21 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2068 only - Dec 2 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2069 only - Oct 13 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2069 only - Nov 24 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2069 only - Nov 17 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2070 only - Oct 5 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2070 only - Nov 9 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2071 only - Sep 20 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1086,7 +1043,7 @@ Rule Morocco 2075 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2076 only - Jul 26 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2076 only - Sep 6 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2077 only - Jul 18 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2077 only - Aug 29 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2077 only - Aug 22 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2078 only - Jul 10 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2078 only - Aug 14 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2079 only - Jun 25 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1096,13 +1053,13 @@ Rule Morocco 2080 only - Jul 21 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2081 only - Jun 1 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2081 only - Jul 13 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2082 only - May 24 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2082 only - Jul 5 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2082 only - Jun 28 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2083 only - May 16 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2083 only - Jun 20 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2084 only - Apr 30 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2084 only - Jun 11 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2085 only - Apr 22 3:00 -1:00 - -Rule Morocco 2085 only - Jun 3 2:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2085 only - May 27 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2086 only - Apr 14 3:00 -1:00 - Rule Morocco 2086 only - May 19 2:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2087 only - Mar 30 3:00 -1:00 - @@ -1135,7 +1092,14 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00 1:00 Morocco +01/+00 +# Botswana +# Burundi +# Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern) +# Malawi # Mozambique +# Rwanda +# Zambia +# Zimbabwe # # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree @@ -1145,14 +1109,6 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún # Zone NAME STDOFF 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 @@ -1231,23 +1187,30 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # 2:00 - CAT # End of rearguard section. -# Niger -# See Africa/Lagos. +# Angola +# Benin +# Cameroon +# Central African Republic +# Democratic Republic of the Congo (western) +# Republic of the Congo +# Equatorial Guinea +# Gabon +# Niger # Nigeria # From P Chan (2020-12-03): # GMT was adopted as the standard time of Lagos on 1905-07-01. # Lagos Weekly Record, 1905-06-24, p 3 -# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558#?c=0&m=668&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1446%2C5221%2C1931%2C1235 +# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558#?c=0&m=668&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1446,5221,1931,1235 # says "It is officially notified that on and after the 1st of July 1905 -# Greenwich Mean Solar Time will be adopted thought the Colony and +# Greenwich Mean Solar Time will be adopted throughout the Colony and # Protectorate, and that it will be necessary to put all clocks 13 minutes and # 35 seconds back, recording local mean time." # # It seemed that Lagos returned to LMT on 1908-07-01. # [The Lagos Standard], 1908-07-01, p 5 -# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31556#?c=0&m=78&s=0&cv=4&r=0&xywh=-92%2C3590%2C3944%2C2523 +# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31556#?c=0&m=78&s=0&cv=4&r=0&xywh=-92,3590,3944,2523 # says "Scarcely have the people become accustomed to this new time, when # another official notice has now appeared announcing that from and after the # 1st July next, return will be made to local mean time." @@ -1259,7 +1222,7 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27 # "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted, # viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian -# 7 [degrees] 30' E. long." +# 7° 30' E. long." # Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos # was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of # Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes @@ -1277,7 +1240,7 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # The Lagos Weekly Record, 1919-09-20, p 3 details discussion on the first # reading of this Bill by the Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria on # Thursday 1919-08-28: -# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558?terms&item_id=303484#?m=1118&c=1&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1261%2C3408%2C2994%2C1915 +# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558?terms&item_id=303484#?m=1118&c=1&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1261,3408,2994,1915 # "The proposal is that the Globe should be divided into twelve zones East and # West of Greenwich, of one hour each, Nigeria falling into the zone with a # standard of one hour fast on Greenwich Mean Time. Nigeria standard time is @@ -1299,44 +1262,6 @@ Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:35 - LMT 1905 Jul 1 0:13:35 - LMT 1914 Jan 1 0:30 - +0030 1919 Sep 1 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 STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - +04 -# -# Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. -# The following information about them is taken from -# Îles Éparses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, -# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). -# We have no info about their time zone histories. -# -# Bassas da India - uninhabited -# Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families -# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 -# Juan de Nova - uninhabited -# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 - -# Rwanda -# See Africa/Maputo. - -# St Helena -# See Africa/Abidjan. -# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: -# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA -# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA -# Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): -# on GMT, says the CIA -# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited # São Tomé and Príncipe @@ -1356,48 +1281,19 @@ Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis # From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30): # https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818 # ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal -# coordinated time, will be restituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.] +# coordinated time, will be reinstituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.] Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 + #STDOFF -0:36:44.68 -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 00:00u # Lisbon MT 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00 1:00 - WAT 2019 Jan 1 02:00 0:00 - GMT -# Senegal -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Seychelles - -# From P Chan (2020-11-27): -# Standard Time was adopted on 1907-01-01. -# -# Standard Time Ordinance (Chapter 237) -# The Laws of Seychelles in Force on the 31st December, 1971, Vol. 6, p 571 -# https://books.google.com/books?id=efE-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA571 -# -# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-05): -# A footnote on https://books.google.com/books?id=DYdDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1689 -# confirms that Ordinance No. 9 of 1906 "was brought into force on the 1st -# January, 1907." - -# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1907 Jan 1 # Victoria - 4:00 - +04 -# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): -# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the -# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory -# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know -# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. -# Possibly the islands were uninhabited. - -# Sierra Leone -# See Africa/Abidjan. - -# Somalia -# See Africa/Nairobi. - +# Eswatini (Swaziland) +# Lesotho # South Africa + # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - @@ -1405,8 +1301,6 @@ 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 # Eswatini # # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 @@ -1455,12 +1349,6 @@ Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:28 - LMT 1931 3:00 - EAT 2021 Feb 1 00:00 2:00 - CAT -# Tanzania -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Togo -# See Africa/Abidjan. - # Tunisia # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): @@ -1558,10 +1446,3 @@ Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT - -# Uganda -# See Africa/Nairobi. - -# Zambia -# Zimbabwe -# See Africa/Maputo. |