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189abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# tzdb data for Africa and environs
289abb9f8SPhilip Paeps
31315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
41315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
51315084cSEdwin Groothuis
67ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
71315084cSEdwin Groothuis# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
87ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
97ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
101315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1189abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27):
121315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13d61d836cSEdwin Groothuis# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16d61d836cSEdwin Groothuis# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
171315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
18dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
22d61d836cSEdwin Groothuis# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
23d61d836cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
241315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I found in the UCLA library.
281315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
29eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
307ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
318d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
32eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis#
332723c7ffSPhilip Paeps# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see:
342723c7ffSPhilip Paeps# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913),
352723c7ffSPhilip Paeps# page 752, 18b.
362723c7ffSPhilip Paeps#
37dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean.
38dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized.
391315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
40dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# for UT +00 through +03, respectively,
41dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that
42dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa,
43dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and
44dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for
45eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa".
461315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
47dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency:
48dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#	 +00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
49dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#	 +02	CAT	Central Africa Time
50dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#	 +02	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
51dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# and Murray suggested the following abbreviation:
52dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#	 +01	WAT	West Africa Time
53dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like.
54dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but
55dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# cannot now come up with solid citations.
561315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5789abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s:
5889abb9f8SPhilip Paeps#	 +02	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
5989abb9f8SPhilip Paeps#	 +03	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time
6089abb9f8SPhilip Paeps#	 +03	SAST	South Africa Summer Time
61dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#	 +03	EAT	East Africa Time
6289abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though
6389abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps,
6489abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations.
6589abb9f8SPhilip Paeps# Corrections are welcome.
661315084cSEdwin Groothuis
671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Algeria
6812a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
771315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
781315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
791315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
801315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
811315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
831315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
841315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
851315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
861315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
871315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
881315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
891315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
901315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
9112a899b6SPhilip Paeps# See Europe/Paris for PMT-related transitions.
922865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9312a899b6SPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 16
941315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
951315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25  2:00
961315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
971315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
981315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
991315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
1001315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
1011315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
1021315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	-	CET
1031315084cSEdwin Groothuis
104e350c46aSBaptiste Daroussin# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
1057ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
106*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
107*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
108*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# Shanks gives 1907 instead for the transition to -02.
1097ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
1102865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11146bee4edSPhilip PaepsZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1912 Jan 01  2:00u # Praia
112*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-2:00	-	%z	1942 Sep
113*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-2:00	1:00	%z	1945 Oct 15
114*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-2:00	-	%z	1975 Nov 25  2:00
115*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-1:00	-	%z
1161315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Chad
1182865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1192723c7ffSPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 # N'Djamena
1201315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
1211315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
1221315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	-	WAT
1231315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1249142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Burkina Faso
1259142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
1269142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# The Gambia
1279142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Ghana
1289142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Guinea
1299142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Iceland
1309142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Mali
1319142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Mauritania
1329142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# St Helena
1339142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Senegal
1349142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Sierra Leone
1359142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Togo
1361315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1379142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
1389142a2a3SPhilip Paeps#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
1399142a2a3SPhilip Paeps#	Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
1409142a2a3SPhilip Paeps#	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
1419142a2a3SPhilip Paeps#		on GMT, says the CIA
1429142a2a3SPhilip Paeps#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
1431315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1442865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1452723c7ffSPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1
1461315084cSEdwin Groothuis			 0:00	-	GMT
1471315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1481315084cSEdwin Groothuis###############################################################################
1491315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Egypt
1511315084cSEdwin Groothuis
152eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh
1539f9fc6bbSPhilip Paeps# observatory.  Milne also says that the official time for
154eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this
155eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said.
156eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis
15712a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1581315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
1591315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
1601315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
1611315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
1621315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1631315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
1641315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
1651315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
1661315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
1671315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
1681315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1691315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
1701315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
1711315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
1721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
1731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
1741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
1751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
1761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
1771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
1781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
179734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis
180734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20):
181734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight
182734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of
183734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# Egyptians would approve the cancellation."
184734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis#
185734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time
186734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168
187734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# or
188734c45e3SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html
189734c45e3SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1995	2010	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
190ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
1911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
1921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
1931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
1941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
1951315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
196ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	-
1971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
1981315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
1991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
200eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
2011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
2028d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
2031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
2041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
205ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	24:00	0	-
2061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
2071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
2081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
2091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
2101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
2111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
2121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
2131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
2141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
2151315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
2171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
2181315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
2201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
2211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Apr 23
2221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
2231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri =
2241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Apr 24
2251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
2261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
2271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Aug 27
2281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
2291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu =
2301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Aug 27
2311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
2321315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
2341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# :59)
2351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
2361315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
2381315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
239eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263
2408d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
2418d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# [3] https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
2421315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
2441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
2451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
2461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# in September.
2471315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
2491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet
2501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Information and Decision Support Center:
2518d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
2521315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Middle East News Agency
2548d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
2551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
2561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
2571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
2581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
2591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (at least today).
2601315084cSEdwin Groothuis
261f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
262f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
263f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
264f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# Ramadan.
265f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis#
266f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# Arabic translation:
267eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again"
268f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
269f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
270f2dd838fSEdwin Groothuis
2711f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
2721f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
2731f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
2741f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis
2757ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13):
2761f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
2771f4a471aSEdwin Groothuis
278ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
279ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
280ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# in Egypt.  The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
281ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
282ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
283ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
284ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
285ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
286ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
287ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014."  This statement has been
288ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
289ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
290ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis
2919f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08):
2929f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015.
2939f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last
2949f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# Thursday of April....  Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but
2959f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# dates not yet announced....
2969f23d940SEdwin Groothuis# http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ...
2978d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html
2989f23d940SEdwin Groothuis
299abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20):
300abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at
301abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# least for 2015.
302abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis#
303abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20):
304abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx
305abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving
306abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the
307abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis# practice altogether in future years."
308abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis#
3093e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24):
3103e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his
3113e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# decision to abandon DST permanently.  See Ahram Online 2015-04-24.
3123e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx
313abdc8d91SEdwin Groothuis
3148fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29):
3158fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October....
3168fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx
3178fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04):
3188fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST,
3198fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin
320259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Ahmad ElDardiry (2023-03-01):
321259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# Egypt officially announced today that daylight savings will be
322259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# applied from last Friday of April to last Thursday of October.
323259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-01):
324259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# Assume transitions are at 00:00 and 24:00 respectively.
325259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Amir Adib (2023-03-07):
326259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianCabinet/posts/638829614954129/
327259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps
328ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	24:00	0	-
329ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	24:00	0	-
330ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Aug	10	24:00	0	-
331ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	 9	24:00	1:00	S
332ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
3331f4a471aSEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	May	15	24:00	1:00	S
334ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jun	26	24:00	0	-
335ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jul	31	24:00	1:00	S
336abdc8d91SEdwin GroothuisRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
337259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Egypt	2023	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00	1:00	S
338259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Egypt	2023	max	-	Oct	lastThu	24:00	0	-
3391315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3402865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3419f9fc6bbSPhilip Paeps		#STDOFF	2:05:08.9
342eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:09 -	LMT	1900 Oct
3431315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
3441315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Guinea-Bissau
3467ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
347*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
348*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
3497ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
3502865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
35146bee4edSPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1  1:00u
352*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-1:00	-	%z	1975
3531315084cSEdwin Groothuis			 0:00	-	GMT
3541315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3559142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Comoros
3569142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Djibouti
3579142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Eritrea
3589142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Ethiopia
3591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Kenya
3609142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Madagascar
3619142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Mayotte
3629142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Somalia
3639142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Tanzania
3649142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Uganda
365dc505d53SPhilip Paeps
366dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From P Chan (2020-10-24):
367dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
368dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The standard time of GMT+2:30 was adopted in the East Africa Protectorate....
369dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [The Official Gazette, 1908-05-01, p 274]
370dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=e-cAC-sjPSEC&pg=PA274
371dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
372dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# At midnight on 30 June 1928 the clocks throughout Kenya was put forward
373dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# half an hour by the Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1928.
374dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://gazettes.africa/archive/ke/1928/ke-government-gazette-dated-1928-05-11-no-28.pdf
3759f9fc6bbSPhilip Paeps# [Ordinance No. 11 of 1928, The Official Gazette, 1928-06-26, p 813]
376dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=2S0S6os32ZUC&pg=PA813
377dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
378dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The 1928 ordinance was repealed by the Alteration of Time (repeal) Ordinance,
379dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# 1929 and the time was restored to GMT+2:30 at midnight on 4 January 1930.
380dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [Ordinance No. 97 of 1929, The Official Gazette, 1929-12-31, p 2701]
381dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=_g18jIZQlwwC&pg=PA2701
382dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
383dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1936 changed the time to GMT+2:45
384dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# and repealed the previous ordinance at midnight on 31 December 1936.
385dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [The Official Gazette, 1936-07-21, p 705]
386dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=K7j41z0aC5wC&pg=PA705
387dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
388dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The Defence (Amendment of Laws No. 120) Regulations changed the time
389dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# to GMT+3 at midnight on 31 July 1942.
390dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [Kenya Official Gazette Supplement No. 32, 1942-07-21, p 331]
391dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?hl=zh-TW&id=c_E-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA331
392dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The provision of the 1936 ordinance was not repealed and was later
393dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# incorporated in the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance in 1948.
394dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Although it was overridden by the 1942 regulations.
395dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [The Laws of Kenya in force on 1948-09-21, Title I, Chapter 1, 31]
396dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://dds.crl.edu/item/217517 (p.101)
397dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# In 1950 the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance was amended to adopt
398dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# GMT+3 permanently as the 1942 regulations were due to expire on 10 December.
399dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=jvR8mUDAwR0C&pg=PA787
400dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [Ordinance No. 44 of 1950, Kenya Ordinances 1950, Vol. XXIX, p 294]
401dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=-_dQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294
402dc505d53SPhilip Paeps
403dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2020-10-24):
404dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The 1908-05-01 announcement does not give an effective date,
405dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# so just say "1908 May".
406dc505d53SPhilip Paeps
4079142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2018-09-11):
4089142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia,
4099142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian
4109142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# timekeeping practice that is based on solar time.  See:
4119142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double
4129142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05.
4139142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time
4149142a2a3SPhilip Paeps
4152865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
416dc505d53SPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1908 May
417*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			2:30	-	%z	1928 Jun 30 24:00
418dc505d53SPhilip Paeps			3:00	-	EAT	1930 Jan  4 24:00
419*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			2:30	-	%z	1936 Dec 31 24:00
420*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			2:45	-	%z	1942 Jul 31 24:00
4211315084cSEdwin Groothuis			3:00	-	EAT
4221315084cSEdwin Groothuis
4231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Liberia
424dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#
425dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02):
426dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#
427dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30.
428dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#
429f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset
430dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.  The 1972 change was on
431dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of:
432dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of
433dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972.
434dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# Monrovia: Executive Mansion.
435dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#
436259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more accurate numeric
437dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit.
438dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin#
4392865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4401315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
4411315084cSEdwin Groothuis			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
442dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin			-0:44:30 -	MMT	1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT
4431315084cSEdwin Groothuis			 0:00	-	GMT
4441315084cSEdwin Groothuis
4451315084cSEdwin Groothuis###############################################################################
4461315084cSEdwin Groothuis
4471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Libya
4481315084cSEdwin Groothuis
449f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10):
450f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10.
4518d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/
452f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc
453f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis#
454f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in
4558d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html
456f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis#
457f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11):
458f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
459f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe
460f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
461f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# lastFri instead of lastSun).
462f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis
463c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25):
464c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was
465c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# cancelled yesterday....
4668d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/
467c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis#
468c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
4698fdf5721SBaptiste Daroussin# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02.
470c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis
47112a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
4721315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
4731315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
4741315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
4751315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
4761315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
4771315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
4781315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
4791315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
4801315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
4811315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
4821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
4831315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
4841315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
485f09b8c49SEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
486f09b8c49SEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
487c26a5802SEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Mar	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
488c26a5802SEdwin GroothuisRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Oct	lastFri	2:00	0	-
4892865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4901315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
4911315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
4921315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	EET	1982
4931315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
494f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
4957ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors.
4961315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
497f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4
498f09b8c49SEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	EET	2012 Nov 10  2:00
499c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	2013 Oct 25  2:00
500c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	EET
5011315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mauritius
5031315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
5051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
5061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# basis....
5071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
5081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
5098d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
5101315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
5121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
5131315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
5151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
5161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
5171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
5181315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
5201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
5211315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
5231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to
5241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
5251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
5261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
5271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
5281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
5291315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5301315084cSEdwin Groothuis# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
5311315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
5321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
5331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
5341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
5351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# changes two days later.
5361315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
5381315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
5396790a258SEdwin Groothuis# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
5401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
5411315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
543eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
544eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one....
5451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
5461315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
5481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The Government of Mauritius weblink
5491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
5501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
5511315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
5531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
5541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
5551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
5561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
5571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
5581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
5591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
5601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and end on 29 March 2009.
5611315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
5631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
5641315084cSEdwin Groothuis# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
5651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
5661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
5671315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05):
5691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe
5701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# DST the coming summer...
5711315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Some sources, in French:
573259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-«-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99été-ne-sera-pas-appliquée-cette-année-»
574259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-économie-d-énergie-de-l-heure-d-été-ont-été-atteints-
5751315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
5761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Our wrap-up:
5778d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
5781315084cSEdwin Groothuis
5791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
5801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
5811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
5821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
5831315084cSEdwin Groothuis
58412a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
58546bee4edSPhilip PaepsRule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	-
5861315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
58746bee4edSPhilip PaepsRule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
5881315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
5892865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5901315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907 # Port Louis
591*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			4:00 Mauritius	%z
5921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
5931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
5941315084cSEdwin Groothuis
595cf1ad535SPhilip Paeps
596cf1ad535SPhilip Paeps# Morocco
597cf1ad535SPhilip Paeps# See Africa/Ceuta for Spanish Morocco.
598cf1ad535SPhilip Paeps
5991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
6001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
6011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
6021315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
6041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
6051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
6061315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6078d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
6081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
6091315084cSEdwin Groothuis
6101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
6117ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe
6127ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# Presse:
6131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
6141315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
6161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# spokesman.
6171315084cSEdwin Groothuis
6181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
6191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to this article:
6208d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
621eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>)
622eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# the changes occur at midnight:
6231315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
624eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be
625eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday)
626eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Sunday night the 28th at midnight
6271315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
628eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
629eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and
630eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
631eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# June 1st to Sept 27th.
6321315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
6341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# published on the web.
6351315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# It's also confirmed here:
6371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
638eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet
639eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# posted in English).
6401315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
641eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# The following Google query will generate many relevant hits:
6428d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
6431315084cSEdwin Groothuis
6441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
6451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
6461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
6471315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of September:
6481315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One article about it (in French):
6501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
6511315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have some further details posted here:
6538d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
6541315084cSEdwin Groothuis
6551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
6561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
6571315084cSEdwin Groothuis# to many sources, such as
6581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
6591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
6601315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (French)
6611315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Our summary:
6638d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
6641315084cSEdwin Groothuis
6651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
6661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
667eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
6681315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6696790a258SEdwin Groothuis# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967)
6701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
6711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
6721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
6731315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
6741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
6751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
6761315084cSEdwin Groothuis
677696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
678696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
679696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
680696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
681696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis#
682696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Example:
683696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
684696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# (French)
685696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Our page:
6868d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
687696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis
688d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30):
689d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format)
6907ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00
6917ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00
692d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# ...Official links of change in morocco
693d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio
694d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at
695d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# +212.537.71.84.00
696d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/
697d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# They said that
698d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view
699d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# is the official publication to look at.
700d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# They said that the decision was already taken.
701d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis#
702d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# More articles in the press
7038d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html
704d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923
705259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT+1-a-partir-de-dim
706d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis
707d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30):
708d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# They have it written in English here:
709d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view
710d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis#
711d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31,
712d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of
713d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
714d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis# also been like that in the past.
715d58b52acSEdwin Groothuis
7163797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
717eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
718eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale:
719eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été
720259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-légale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-dété
7213797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
7223797824cSEdwin Groothuis# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
7233797824cSEdwin Groothuis# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
7243797824cSEdwin Groothuis# except the month of Ramadan.
7253797824cSEdwin Groothuis# or (brief)
7263797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
7273797824cSEdwin Groothuis
7283797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
7293797824cSEdwin Groothuis# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
7303797824cSEdwin Groothuis# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
7313797824cSEdwin Groothuis# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
7323797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
7333797824cSEdwin Groothuis# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
7343797824cSEdwin Groothuis
7353797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
7363797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Seen Morocco change again:
7373797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
738eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# "...à partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars,
739eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# comme annoncé précédemment."
7403797824cSEdwin Groothuis
7413797824cSEdwin Groothuis# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17):
7423797824cSEdwin Groothuis# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government:
7433797824cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French]
7443797824cSEdwin Groothuis#
7453797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Google translation, lightly edited:
7463797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT)
7473797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18,
7483797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the
7493797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry
7503797824cSEdwin Groothuis# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return
7513797824cSEdwin Groothuis# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until
7523797824cSEdwin Groothuis# Monday, August 20, 2012.  So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from
7533797824cSEdwin Groothuis# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes
7543797824cSEdwin Groothuis# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am.
7553797824cSEdwin Groothuis
756eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06):
757eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be
758eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# announced a bit in advance.  On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government
759eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be
760eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see
7617ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288
762875f3108SEdwin Groothuis
763875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02):
764875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings
765875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see:
766875f3108SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10
767875f3108SEdwin Groothuis
768c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28):
769c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day
770c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# before it was going to end.  There is a new decree (2.13.781) for
771c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00
772c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules.  Official
773c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# source (French):
774c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013
775c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
776c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
777c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis
778bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18):
779bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp
780bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis
781ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05):
782ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return
783ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time....  DST
784ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014....
785ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586
786ee9da7b8SEdwin Groothuis
7873e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# From Milamber (2015-06-08):
7883e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes
7893e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding
7903e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19,
7913e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# 2015 at 2:00.  The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I
7923e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of
7933e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015).
7943e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# Source (french):
7958d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/
7963e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis#
7973e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# From Milamber (2015-06-09):
7983e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863
7993e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis#
8003e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09):
8013e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go
8023e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch....
8033e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in
8048d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# <https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees
8053e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis# with the patch.
8063e58ee7cSEdwin Groothuis
807b9994124SPhilip Paeps# From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26):
808b9994124SPhilip Paeps# Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition
809b9994124SPhilip Paeps# of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone.
8102c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# From Matt Johnson (2018-10-28):
8112c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2018/BO_6720-bis_Ar.pdf
8122c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#
8132c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# From Maamar Abdelkader (2018-11-01):
8142c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# We usually move clocks back the previous week end and come back to the +1
8152c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# the week end after....  The government does not announce yet the decision
8162c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# about this temporary change.  But it s 99% sure that it will be the case,
8172c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# as in previous years.  An unofficial survey was done these days, showing
8182865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# that 64% of asked people are ok for moving from +1 to +0 during Ramadan.
8192c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps# https://leconomiste.com/article/1035870-enquete-l-economiste-sunergia-64-des-marocains-plebiscitent-le-gmt-pendant-ramadan
8202865ab3fSPhilip Paeps
8212865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# From Naoufal Semlali (2019-04-16):
8222865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Morocco will be on GMT starting from Sunday, May 5th 2019 at 3am.
8232865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# The switch to GMT+1 will occur on Sunday, June 9th 2019 at 2am....
8242865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# http://fr.le360.ma/societe/voici-la-date-du-retour-a-lheure-legale-au-maroc-188222
825dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps
826dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# From Semlali Naoufal (2020-04-14):
827dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# Following the announcement by the Moroccan government, the switch to
828dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# GMT time will take place on Sunday, April 19, 2020 from 3 a.m. and
829dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# the return to GMT+1 time will take place on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2 a.m....
830dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# https://maroc-diplomatique.net/maroc-le-retour-a-lheure-gmt-est-prevu-dimanche-prochain/
831dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# http://aujourdhui.ma/actualite/gmt1-retour-a-lheure-normale-dimanche-prochain-1
8322c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#
83312a899b6SPhilip Paeps# From Milamber (2020-05-31)
83412a899b6SPhilip Paeps# In Morocco (where I live), the end of Ramadan (Arabic month) is followed by
83512a899b6SPhilip Paeps# the Eid al-Fitr, and concretely it's 1 or 2 day offs for the people (with
83612a899b6SPhilip Paeps# traditional visiting of family, big lunches/dinners, etc.).  So for this
83712a899b6SPhilip Paeps# year the astronomical calculations don't include the following 2 days off in
83812a899b6SPhilip Paeps# the calc.  These 2 days fall in a Sunday/Monday, so it's not acceptable by
83912a899b6SPhilip Paeps# people to have a time shift during these 2 days off.  Perhaps you can modify
84012a899b6SPhilip Paeps# the (predicted) rules for next years: if the end of Ramadan is a (probable)
84112a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Friday or Saturday (and so the 2 days off are on a weekend), the next time
84212a899b6SPhilip Paeps# shift will be the next weekend.
84312a899b6SPhilip Paeps#
844259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Milamber (2021-03-31, 2022-03-10):
845259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=2076
846259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# https://www.ecoactu.ma/horaires-administration-ramadan-gmtheure-gmt-a-partir-de-dimanche-27-mars/
847259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps#
848259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Milamber (2023-03-14, 2023-03-15):
849259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# The return to legal GMT time will take place this Sunday, March 19 at 3 a.m.
850259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# ... the return to GMT+1 will be made on Sunday April 23, 2023 at 2 a.m.
851259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites/passage-à-l%E2%80%99heure-gmt-à-partir-du-dimanche-19-mars-2023
852259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps#
853259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-14):
854dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# For now, guess that in the future Morocco will fall back at 03:00
855dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# the last Sunday before Ramadan, and spring forward at 02:00 the
856259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# first Sunday after one day after Ramadan.  To implement this,
85712a899b6SPhilip Paeps# transition dates and times for 2019 through 2087 were determined by
858259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# running the following program under GNU Emacs 28.2.  (This algorithm
85912a899b6SPhilip Paeps# also produces the correct transition dates for 2016 through 2018,
86012a899b6SPhilip Paeps# though the times differ due to Morocco's time zone change in 2018.)
86112a899b6SPhilip Paeps# (let ((islamic-year 1440))
8622c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#   (require 'cal-islam)
8632865ab3fSPhilip Paeps#   (while (< islamic-year 1511)
8642c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#     (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
865259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps#           (b (+ 1 (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))))
8662c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#           (sunday 0))
8672c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#       (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
8682c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#       (while (/= sunday (mod b 7))
8692c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#         (setq b (1+ b)))
8702c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#       (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
8712c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#       (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
8722c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#       (insert
8732c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#        (format
8742c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#         (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t-1:00\t-\n"
8752c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#                 "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t0\t-\n")
8762c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#         (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a))
8772c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
8782c5e84ccSPhilip Paeps#     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
879eb185a68SEdwin Groothuis
88012a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
881b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	-
8821315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
883b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	-
8841315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
885b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	-
8861315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
887b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	-
8881315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
889b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	-
8901315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
891b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
8921315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
8931315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
894b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
8951315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
896b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
8971315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
898b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
8991315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	21	 0:00	0	-
900b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
901696dd8f4SEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
902b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
9038fdf5721SBaptiste DaroussinRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	31	 0:00	0	-
904b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2012	2013	-	Apr	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
9053797824cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Jul	20	 3:00	0	-
906b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	1:00	-
9078fdf5721SBaptiste DaroussinRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Sep	30	 3:00	0	-
908875f3108SEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Jul	 7	 3:00	0	-
909b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Aug	10	 2:00	1:00	-
910b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2013	2018	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
911b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2014	2018	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
912ee9da7b8SEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jun	28	 3:00	0	-
913b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Aug	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
9143e58ee7cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jun	14	 3:00	0	-
915b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	1:00	-
9163e58ee7cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jun	 5	 3:00	0	-
917b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jul	10	 2:00	1:00	-
9183e58ee7cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	May	21	 3:00	0	-
919b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	Jul	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
9203e58ee7cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	May	13	 3:00	0	-
921b9994124SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	Jun	17	 2:00	1:00	-
9222c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	May	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
9232c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	Jun	 9	 2:00	0	-
9242c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	Apr	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
925dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	May	31	 2:00	0	-
9262c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	Apr	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
9272c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	May	16	 2:00	0	-
9282c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	Mar	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
9292c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	May	 8	 2:00	0	-
9302c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Mar	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
931259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
9322c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Mar	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
9332c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Apr	14	 2:00	0	-
9342c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Feb	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
9352c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Apr	 6	 2:00	0	-
9362c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Feb	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
9372c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Mar	22	 2:00	0	-
9382c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Feb	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
9392c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Mar	14	 2:00	0	-
9402c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Jan	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
941dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Mar	 5	 2:00	0	-
9422c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Jan	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
9432c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Feb	18	 2:00	0	-
9442c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Dec	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
9452c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Feb	10	 2:00	0	-
9462c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Dec	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
947259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Jan	26	 2:00	0	-
9482c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Dec	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
9492c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Jan	18	 2:00	0	-
9502c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Nov	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
9512c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Jan	 9	 2:00	0	-
9522c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Nov	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
9532c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Dec	25	 2:00	0	-
9542c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Nov	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
9552c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Dec	17	 2:00	0	-
9562c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Oct	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
957dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Dec	 9	 2:00	0	-
9582c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Oct	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
9592c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Nov	23	 2:00	0	-
9602c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
9612c5e84ccSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Nov	15	 2:00	0	-
9622865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Sep	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
963259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
9642865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Sep	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
9652865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Oct	23	 2:00	0	-
9662865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Sep	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
9672865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Oct	14	 2:00	0	-
9682865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Aug	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
9692865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Sep	29	 2:00	0	-
9702865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Aug	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
9712865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Sep	21	 2:00	0	-
9722865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Aug	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
973dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Sep	13	 2:00	0	-
9742865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Jul	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
9752865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Aug	28	 2:00	0	-
9762865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Jul	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
9772865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	0	-
9782865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Jul	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
979259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Aug	 5	 2:00	0	-
9802865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jun	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
9812865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jul	28	 2:00	0	-
9822865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jun	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
9832865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	0	-
9842865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2049	only	-	May	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
9852865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2049	only	-	Jul	 4	 2:00	0	-
9862865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2050	only	-	May	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
9872865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2050	only	-	Jun	26	 2:00	0	-
9882865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2051	only	-	May	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
989dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2051	only	-	Jun	18	 2:00	0	-
9902865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Apr	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
9912865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Jun	 2	 2:00	0	-
9922865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2053	only	-	Apr	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
9932865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2053	only	-	May	25	 2:00	0	-
9942865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2054	only	-	Apr	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
995259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2054	only	-	May	10	 2:00	0	-
9962865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2055	only	-	Mar	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
9972865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2055	only	-	May	 2	 2:00	0	-
9982865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Mar	12	 3:00	-1:00	-
9992865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
10002865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Mar	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
10012865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Apr	 8	 2:00	0	-
10022865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Feb	17	 3:00	-1:00	-
10032865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Mar	31	 2:00	0	-
10042865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Feb	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
1005dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Mar	23	 2:00	0	-
10062865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Feb	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
10072865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Mar	 7	 2:00	0	-
10082865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Jan	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
10092865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Feb	27	 2:00	0	-
10102865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Jan	 8	 3:00	-1:00	-
1011259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Feb	12	 2:00	0	-
10122865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Dec	31	 3:00	-1:00	-
10132865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Feb	 4	 2:00	0	-
10142865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Dec	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
1015dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Jan	27	 2:00	0	-
10162865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Dec	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
10172865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Jan	11	 2:00	0	-
10182865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Nov	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
10192865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Jan	 3	 2:00	0	-
10202865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Nov	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
1021dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Dec	26	 2:00	0	-
10222865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Nov	 6	 3:00	-1:00	-
10232865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Dec	11	 2:00	0	-
10242865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Oct	21	 3:00	-1:00	-
10252865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Dec	 2	 2:00	0	-
10262865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Oct	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
1027259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Nov	17	 2:00	0	-
10282865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Oct	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
10292865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Nov	 9	 2:00	0	-
10302865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Sep	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
1031dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Nov	 1	 2:00	0	-
10322865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Sep	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
10332865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Oct	16	 2:00	0	-
10342865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Aug	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
10352865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
10362865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Aug	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
1037dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Sep	30	 2:00	0	-
10382865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Aug	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
10392865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Sep	15	 2:00	0	-
10402865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Jul	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
10412865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Sep	 6	 2:00	0	-
10422865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Jul	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
1043259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Aug	22	 2:00	0	-
10442865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Jul	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
10452865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Aug	14	 2:00	0	-
10462865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Jun	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
1047dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Aug	 6	 2:00	0	-
10482865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jun	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
10492865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jul	21	 2:00	0	-
10502865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jun	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
10512865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jul	13	 2:00	0	-
10522865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2082	only	-	May	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
1053259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2082	only	-	Jun	28	 2:00	0	-
10542865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2083	only	-	May	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
10552865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2083	only	-	Jun	20	 2:00	0	-
10562865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Apr	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
10572865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Jun	11	 2:00	0	-
10582865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2085	only	-	Apr	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
1059259e2ad7SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2085	only	-	May	27	 2:00	0	-
10602865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2086	only	-	Apr	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
10612865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2086	only	-	May	19	 2:00	0	-
10622865ab3fSPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2087	only	-	Mar	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
1063dd5f96c4SPhilip PaepsRule	Morocco	2087	only	-	May	11	 2:00	0	-
10642865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# For dates after the somewhat-arbitrary cutoff of 2087, assume that
10652865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Morocco will no longer observe DST.  At some point this table will
10662865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# need to be extended, though quite possibly Morocco will change the
10672865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# rules first.
10683797824cSEdwin Groothuis
10692865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
10701315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
1071*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 0:00	Morocco	%z	1984 Mar 16
1072*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 1:00	-	%z	1986
1073*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 0:00	Morocco	%z	2018 Oct 28  3:00
1074*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 1:00	Morocco	%z
1075c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis
10761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Western Sahara
1077c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis#
1078c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22):
1079c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters
1080c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as
1081c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Morocco does.
1082c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis#
1083c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
1084c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
1085c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
1086c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis
1087eb1c1a05SSergey KandaurovZone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan # El Aaiún
1088*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			-1:00	-	%z	1976 Apr 14
1089*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 0:00	Morocco	%z	2018 Oct 28  3:00
1090*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			 1:00	Morocco	%z
10911315084cSEdwin Groothuis
10929142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Botswana
10939142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Burundi
10949142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern)
10959142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Malawi
10961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mozambique
10979142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Rwanda
10989142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Zambia
10999142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Zimbabwe
11007ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
1101*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01):
1102*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# For timestamps before Mozambique's independence, see commentary for
1103*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# Europe/Lisbon.
1104*e273650fSPhilip Paeps#
1105*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2024-05-24):
1106*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# The London Gazette, 1903-04-03, page 2245, says that
1107*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# as of 1903-03-03 a time ball at the port of Lourenço Marques
1108*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# (as Maputo was then called) was dropped daily at 13:00:00 LMT,
1109*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# corresponding to 22:49:41.7 GMT, so local time was +02:10:18.3.
1110*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# Conversely, the newspaper South Africa, 1909-02-09, page 321,
1111*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# says the port had just installed an apparatus that communicated
1112*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# "from the controlling clock in the new Observatory at Reuben Point ...
1113*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# exact mean South African time, i.e., 30 deg., or 2 hours East of Greenwich".
1114*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# Although Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT,
1115*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# evidently the port transitioned to CAT after 1903-03-03 but before
1116*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# the Portuguese legal transition of 1912-01-01 (see Europe/Lisbon commentary).
1117*e273650fSPhilip Paeps# For lack of better info, list 1909 as the transition date.
11187ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
11192865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1120*e273650fSPhilip Paeps		#STDOFF	2:10:18.3
1121*e273650fSPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:18 -	LMT	1909
11221315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	CAT
11238d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
11241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Namibia
11258d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
11268d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09):
11278d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at
11288d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf
11298d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# and includes this nugget:
11308d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the
11318d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall
11328d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on
11338d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# Sunday 4 September 1994.
11341315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1135d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06):
1136d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# ... both summer and winter time are called "standard"
1137d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# (which differs from the use in Ireland) ...
1138d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps
11397ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30):
11407ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html
11411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
11421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
11431315084cSEdwin Groothuis# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions.  Chief of
11441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
11451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
11461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of the country.
11471315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1148dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22):
1149dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally
1150dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice.
1151dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
1152dc135c6eSBaptiste Daroussin# See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23.
11538d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers
11548d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
11558d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-08-09):
11568d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST:
11578d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
11588d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# This video is from the government decision:
11598d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665
11608d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at
11618d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September:
11628d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html
11631315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1164d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09):
1165d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally.
1166d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST.  See, e.g.:
1167d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706
1168d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia
1169d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
1170d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible
1171d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# with Namibia's neighbors.
1172d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps
117312a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1174d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
1175d81c2dd9SPhilip PaepsRule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	-1:00	WAT
1176d81c2dd9SPhilip PaepsRule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	CAT
1177d81c2dd9SPhilip PaepsRule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	-1:00	WAT
1178dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk.
1179d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#Rule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	WAT
1180d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	CAT
1181d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#Rule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	WAT
1182d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# End of rearguard section.
1183d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps
11842865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11851315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
1186*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			1:30	-	%z	1903 Mar
11871315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20  2:00
11881315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21  2:00
11891315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
1190d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
1191d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps			2:00	Namibia	%s
1192dd5f96c4SPhilip Paeps# Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk.
1193d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Mar 21  0:00
1194d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07):
1195d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24.  See:
1196d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf
1197d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#			1:00	Namibia	%s	2017 Oct 24
1198d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps#			2:00	-	CAT
1199d81c2dd9SPhilip Paeps# End of rearguard section.
12001315084cSEdwin Groothuis
12011315084cSEdwin Groothuis
12029142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Angola
12039142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Benin
12049142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Cameroon
12059142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Central African Republic
12069142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Democratic Republic of the Congo (western)
12079142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Republic of the Congo
12089142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Equatorial Guinea
12099142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Gabon
12109142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Niger
12111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Nigeria
1212dc505d53SPhilip Paeps
1213dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From P Chan (2020-12-03):
1214dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# GMT was adopted as the standard time of Lagos on 1905-07-01.
1215dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Lagos Weekly Record, 1905-06-24, p 3
1216259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558#?c=0&m=668&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1446,5221,1931,1235
1217dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# says "It is officially notified that on and after the 1st of July 1905
1218259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# Greenwich Mean Solar Time will be adopted throughout the Colony and
1219dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Protectorate, and that it will be necessary to put all clocks 13 minutes and
1220dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# 35 seconds back, recording local mean time."
1221dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
1222dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# It seemed that Lagos returned to LMT on 1908-07-01.
1223dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# [The Lagos Standard], 1908-07-01, p 5
1224259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31556#?c=0&m=78&s=0&cv=4&r=0&xywh=-92,3590,3944,2523
1225dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# says "Scarcely have the people become accustomed to this new time, when
1226dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# another official notice has now appeared announcing that from and after the
1227dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# 1st July next, return will be made to local mean time."
1228dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
1229dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
1230dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# On 1914-01-01, standard time of GMT+0:30 was adopted for the unified Nigeria.
1231dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 878. Nigeria. Report for 1914. (April 1916),
1232dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# p 27
1233dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27
1234dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted,
1235dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian
1236259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# 7° 30' E. long."
1237dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos
1238dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of
1239dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes
1240dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# accordingly."
1241dc505d53SPhilip Paeps#
1242dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# In 1919, standard time was changed to GMT+1.
1243dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Interpretation Ordinance (Cap 2)
1244dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The Laws of Nigeria, Containing the Ordinances of Nigeria, in Force on the
1245dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# 1st Day of January, 1923, Vol.I [p 16]
1246dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://books.google.com/books?id=BOMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16
1247dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# "The expression 'Standard time' means standard time as used in Nigeria:
1248dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# namely, 60 minutes in advance of Greenwich mean time.  (As amended by 18 of
1249dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# 1919, s. 2.)"
1250dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10):
1251dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The Lagos Weekly Record, 1919-09-20, p 3 details discussion on the first
1252dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# reading of this Bill by the Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria on
1253dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Thursday 1919-08-28:
1254259e2ad7SPhilip Paeps# 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
1255dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# "The proposal is that the Globe should be divided into twelve zones East and
1256dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# West of Greenwich, of one hour each, Nigeria falling into the zone with a
1257dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# standard of one hour fast on Greenwich Mean Time.  Nigeria standard time is
1258dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# now 30 minutes in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ... according to the new
1259dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# proposal, standard time will be advanced another 30 minutes".  It was further
1260dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# proposed that the firing of the time guns likewise be adjusted by 30 minutes
1261dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# to compensate.
1262dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10), per P Chan (2020-12-11):
1263dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# The text of Ordinance 18 of 1919, published in Nigeria Gazette, Vol 6, No 52,
1264dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# shows that the change was assented to the following day and took effect "on
1265dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# the 1st day of September, 1919."
1266dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# Nigeria Gazette and Supplements 1919 Jan-Dec, Reference: 73266B-40,
1267dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# img 245-246
1268dc505d53SPhilip Paeps# https://microform.digital/boa/collections/77/volumes/539/nigeria-lagos-1887-1919
1269dc505d53SPhilip Paeps
12702865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1271dc505d53SPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:35 -	LMT	1905 Jul  1
1272dc505d53SPhilip Paeps			0:00	-	GMT	1908 Jul  1
1273dc505d53SPhilip Paeps			0:13:35	-	LMT	1914 Jan  1
1274*e273650fSPhilip Paeps			0:30	-	%z	1919 Sep  1
12751315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	-	WAT
12761315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1277eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# São Tomé and Príncipe
1278f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps
127946bee4edSPhilip Paeps# See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition.
128046bee4edSPhilip Paeps
1281f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08):
1282f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# Multiple sources tell that São Tomé changed from UTC to UTC+1 as
1283f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# they entered the year 2018.
1284f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08):
1285f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017]
1286f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017
1287f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps
1288d595db73SPhilip Paeps# From Vadim Nasardinov (2018-12-29):
1289d595db73SPhilip Paeps# São Tomé and Príncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019:
1290d595db73SPhilip Paeps# https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/
1291d595db73SPhilip Paeps#
1292d595db73SPhilip Paeps# From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30):
1293d595db73SPhilip Paeps# https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818
1294d595db73SPhilip Paeps# ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal
12959f9fc6bbSPhilip Paeps# coordinated time, will be reinstituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.]
1296d595db73SPhilip Paeps
1297f2fcff28SPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
12989f9fc6bbSPhilip Paeps		#STDOFF	-0:36:44.68
129946bee4edSPhilip Paeps			-0:36:45 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 00:00u # Lisbon MT
1300f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps			 0:00	-	GMT	2018 Jan  1 01:00
1301d595db73SPhilip Paeps			 1:00	-	WAT	2019 Jan  1 02:00
1302d595db73SPhilip Paeps			 0:00	-	GMT
1303f2fcff28SPhilip Paeps
13049142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Eswatini (Swaziland)
13059142a2a3SPhilip Paeps# Lesotho
13061315084cSEdwin Groothuis# South Africa
13079142a2a3SPhilip Paeps
130812a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
13091315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
13101315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
13112865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13121315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
13131315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
13141315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	SA	SAST
13157ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#
13161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Marion and Prince Edward Is
13171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# scientific station since 1947
13181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# no information
13191315084cSEdwin Groothuis
13201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Sudan
13218d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
1322eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
1323eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
1324eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
13251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
13261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
13271315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
13288d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
13298d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# From Ahmed Atyya, National Telecommunications Corp. (NTC), Sudan (2017-10-17):
13308d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# ... the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT+3:00)
13318d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017.
13321315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13338d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):
13348d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# A scanned copy (in Arabic) of Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the
13358d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# year 2017 can be found as an attachment in email today from Yahia
13368d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# Abdalla of NTC, archived at:
13378d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html
13388d7edd17SPhilip Paeps
133912a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
13401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
13411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
13421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
13431315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
13442865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13451315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
13461315084cSEdwin Groothuis			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
13478d7edd17SPhilip Paeps			3:00	-	EAT	2017 Nov  1
13488d7edd17SPhilip Paeps			2:00	-	CAT
13491315084cSEdwin Groothuis
135094c2d487SPhilip Paeps# South Sudan
135194c2d487SPhilip Paeps
13528c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps# From Steffen Thorsen (2021-01-18):
13538c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps# "South Sudan will change its time zone by setting the clock back 1
13548c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps# hour on February 1, 2021...."
13558c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps# from https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adopts-new-time-zone-makuei/
13568c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps
13572865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
13588d7edd17SPhilip PaepsZone	Africa/Juba	2:06:28 -	LMT	1931
13598d7edd17SPhilip Paeps			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
13608c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps			3:00	-	EAT	2021 Feb  1 00:00
13618c5bef2eSPhilip Paeps			2:00	-	CAT
1362958890b7SEdwin Groothuis
13631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Tunisia
13641315084cSEdwin Groothuis
13651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
1366eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
13671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
13681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
13691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
13701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
13711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
13721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Saturday."  (My translation)
13731315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
13751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ...
13767ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html
13771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
13781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 1h standard time.
13791315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
13811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
13821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
13831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
13841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
13851315084cSEdwin Groothuis
13861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
13871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
13881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (Arabic)
13891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
13908d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
13911315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
13931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
13948d7edd17SPhilip Paeps# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
13951315084cSEdwin Groothuis
13961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
13971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
13981315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
13991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
14001315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
14011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (in English)
14021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
14031315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
14041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (in Arabic)
14051315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
14061315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1407eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18):
1408eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is
1409eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period
1410eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# concerned by summer time.  Therefore, the standard time will be kept
1411eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# unchanged the whole year long."  So foregoing DST seems to be an exception
1412eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# (albeit one that may be repeated in the future).
14131315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1414696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27):
1415696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010
1416696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis#
1417696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# (translation):
1418696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on
1419696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Sunday...
1420696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also
1421696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# coincided with the month of Ramadan..."
1422696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis#
1423696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# (in Arabic)
1424696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1
1425696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036
1426696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html
1427696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis
142812a899b6SPhilip Paeps# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
14291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
14301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
14311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
14321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
14331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
14341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
14351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
14361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
14371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
14381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
14391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
14401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
14411315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
14421315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
14431315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
14441315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
14451315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
14461315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
14471315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
14481315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
14491315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
14501315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
14511315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
14521315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
14531315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
1454696dd8f4SEdwin Groothuis
145594c2d487SPhilip Paeps# See Europe/Paris commentary for PMT-related transitions.
14562865ab3fSPhilip Paeps# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
14571315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
14581315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
14591315084cSEdwin Groothuis			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
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