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105e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# tzdb data for Africa and environs
205e627dcSAndy Fiddaman
3503609a9SYuri Pankov# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5503609a9SYuri Pankov
6503609a9SYuri Pankov# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7503609a9SYuri Pankov# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8503609a9SYuri Pankov# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
9503609a9SYuri Pankov# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
10503609a9SYuri Pankov
1105e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27):
12503609a9SYuri Pankov#
13503609a9SYuri Pankov# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
14503609a9SYuri Pankov# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15503609a9SYuri Pankov# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16503609a9SYuri Pankov# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
17503609a9SYuri Pankov#
18dafc4501SDan McDonald# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19dafc4501SDan McDonald# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
20503609a9SYuri Pankov# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
21503609a9SYuri Pankov# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
22503609a9SYuri Pankov# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
23503609a9SYuri Pankov# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
24503609a9SYuri Pankov#
25503609a9SYuri Pankov# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
26503609a9SYuri Pankov# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
27503609a9SYuri Pankov# I found in the UCLA library.
28503609a9SYuri Pankov#
29503609a9SYuri Pankov# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
30503609a9SYuri Pankov# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
31b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
32503609a9SYuri Pankov#
33e15592c8SRobert Mustacchi# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see:
34e15592c8SRobert Mustacchi# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913),
35e15592c8SRobert Mustacchi# page 752, 18b.
36e15592c8SRobert Mustacchi#
37dafc4501SDan McDonald# European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean.
38dafc4501SDan McDonald# For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized.
39503609a9SYuri Pankov# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
40dafc4501SDan McDonald# for UT +00 through +03, respectively,
41dafc4501SDan McDonald# but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that
42dafc4501SDan McDonald# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa,
43dafc4501SDan McDonald# 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and
44dafc4501SDan McDonald# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for
45503609a9SYuri Pankov# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa".
46503609a9SYuri Pankov#
47dafc4501SDan McDonald# To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency:
48dafc4501SDan McDonald#	 +00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
49dafc4501SDan McDonald#	 +02	CAT	Central Africa Time
50dafc4501SDan McDonald#	 +02	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
51dafc4501SDan McDonald# and Murray suggested the following abbreviation:
52dafc4501SDan McDonald#	 +01	WAT	West Africa Time
53dafc4501SDan McDonald# Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like.
54dafc4501SDan McDonald# I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but
55dafc4501SDan McDonald# cannot now come up with solid citations.
56503609a9SYuri Pankov#
5705e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s:
5805e627dcSAndy Fiddaman#	 +02	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
5905e627dcSAndy Fiddaman#	 +03	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time
6005e627dcSAndy Fiddaman#	 +03	SAST	South Africa Summer Time
61dafc4501SDan McDonald#	 +03	EAT	East Africa Time
6205e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though
6305e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps,
6405e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations.
6505e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# Corrections are welcome.
66503609a9SYuri Pankov
67503609a9SYuri Pankov# Algeria
68f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
69503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
70503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
71503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
72503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
73503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
74503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
75503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
76503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
77503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
78503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
79503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
80503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
81503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
82503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
83503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
84503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
85503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
86503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
87503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
88503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
89503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
90503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
91f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# See Europe/Paris for PMT-related transitions.
92374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
93f915e6d3SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 16
94503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
95503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25  2:00
96503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
97503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
98503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
99503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
100503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
101503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
102503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	-	CET
103503609a9SYuri Pankov
104dafc4501SDan McDonald# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
105503609a9SYuri Pankov#
106*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
107*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
108*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# Shanks gives 1907 instead for the transition to -02.
109503609a9SYuri Pankov#
110374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1113508b934SYuri PankovZone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1912 Jan 01  2:00u # Praia
112*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-2:00	-	%z	1942 Sep
113*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-2:00	1:00	%z	1945 Oct 15
114*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-2:00	-	%z	1975 Nov 25  2:00
115*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-1:00	-	%z
116503609a9SYuri Pankov
117503609a9SYuri Pankov# Chad
118374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
119e15592c8SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 # N'Djamena
120503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
121503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
122503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	-	WAT
123503609a9SYuri Pankov
124f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Burkina Faso
125f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
126f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# The Gambia
127f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Ghana
128f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Guinea
129f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Iceland
130f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Mali
131f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Mauritania
132f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# St Helena
133f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Senegal
134f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Sierra Leone
135f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Togo
136503609a9SYuri Pankov
137f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
138f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi#	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
139f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi#	Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
140f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi#	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
141f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi#		on GMT, says the CIA
142f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi#	Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
143503609a9SYuri Pankov
144374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
145e15592c8SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1
146503609a9SYuri Pankov			 0:00	-	GMT
147503609a9SYuri Pankov
148503609a9SYuri Pankov###############################################################################
149503609a9SYuri Pankov
150503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt
151503609a9SYuri Pankov
152503609a9SYuri Pankov# Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh
153427b4c5cSAndy Fiddaman# observatory.  Milne also says that the official time for
154503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this
155503609a9SYuri Pankov# did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said.
156503609a9SYuri Pankov
157f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
158503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
159503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
160503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
161503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
162503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
163503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
164503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
165503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
166503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
167503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
168503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
169503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
170503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
171503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
172503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
173503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
174503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
175503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
176503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
177503609a9SYuri Pankov# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
178503609a9SYuri Pankov# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
179503609a9SYuri Pankov
180503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20):
181503609a9SYuri Pankov# "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight
182503609a9SYuri Pankov# saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of
183503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egyptians would approve the cancellation."
184503609a9SYuri Pankov#
185503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt to cancel daylight saving time
186503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168
187503609a9SYuri Pankov# or
188503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html
189503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1995	2010	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
190503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
191503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
192503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
193503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
194503609a9SYuri Pankov# after observing the daylight saving time since May.
195503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
196503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	-
197503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
198503609a9SYuri Pankov# I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
199503609a9SYuri Pankov# saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
200503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
201503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
202b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
203503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
204503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
205503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	24:00	0	-
206503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
207503609a9SYuri Pankov# Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
208503609a9SYuri Pankov# than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
209503609a9SYuri Pankov# year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
210503609a9SYuri Pankov# hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
211503609a9SYuri Pankov# shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
212503609a9SYuri Pankov# unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
213503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
214503609a9SYuri Pankov# For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
215503609a9SYuri Pankov
216503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
217503609a9SYuri Pankov# The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
218503609a9SYuri Pankov#
219503609a9SYuri Pankov# > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
220503609a9SYuri Pankov# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
221503609a9SYuri Pankov# Apr 23
222503609a9SYuri Pankov# > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
223503609a9SYuri Pankov# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri =
224503609a9SYuri Pankov# Apr 24
225503609a9SYuri Pankov# > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
226503609a9SYuri Pankov# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
227503609a9SYuri Pankov# Aug 27
228503609a9SYuri Pankov# > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
229503609a9SYuri Pankov# > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu =
230503609a9SYuri Pankov# Aug 27
231503609a9SYuri Pankov# > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
232503609a9SYuri Pankov#
233503609a9SYuri Pankov# > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
234503609a9SYuri Pankov# :59)
235503609a9SYuri Pankov# > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
236503609a9SYuri Pankov#
237503609a9SYuri Pankov# timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
238503609a9SYuri Pankov#
239503609a9SYuri Pankov# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263
240b654b02dSYuri Pankov# [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
241b654b02dSYuri Pankov# [3] https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
242503609a9SYuri Pankov
243503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
244503609a9SYuri Pankov# In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
245503609a9SYuri Pankov# Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
246503609a9SYuri Pankov# in September.
247503609a9SYuri Pankov
248503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
249503609a9SYuri Pankov# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet
250503609a9SYuri Pankov# Information and Decision Support Center:
251b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
252503609a9SYuri Pankov#
253503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Middle East News Agency
254b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
255503609a9SYuri Pankov# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
256503609a9SYuri Pankov# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
257503609a9SYuri Pankov# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
258503609a9SYuri Pankov# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
259503609a9SYuri Pankov# (at least today).
260503609a9SYuri Pankov
261503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
262503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
263503609a9SYuri Pankov# decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
264503609a9SYuri Pankov# Ramadan.
265503609a9SYuri Pankov#
266503609a9SYuri Pankov# Arabic translation:
267503609a9SYuri Pankov# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again"
268503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
269503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
270503609a9SYuri Pankov
271503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
272503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
273503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
274503609a9SYuri Pankov
275503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13):
276503609a9SYuri Pankov# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
277503609a9SYuri Pankov
278503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
279503609a9SYuri Pankov# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
280503609a9SYuri Pankov# in Egypt.  The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
281503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
282503609a9SYuri Pankov# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
283503609a9SYuri Pankov# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
284503609a9SYuri Pankov# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
285503609a9SYuri Pankov# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
286503609a9SYuri Pankov# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
287503609a9SYuri Pankov# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014."  This statement has been
288503609a9SYuri Pankov# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
289503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
290503609a9SYuri Pankov
291503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08):
292503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015.
293503609a9SYuri Pankov# This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last
294503609a9SYuri Pankov# Thursday of April....  Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but
295503609a9SYuri Pankov# dates not yet announced....
296503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ...
297b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html
298503609a9SYuri Pankov
299503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20):
300503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at
301503609a9SYuri Pankov# least for 2015.
302503609a9SYuri Pankov#
303503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20):
304503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx
305503609a9SYuri Pankov# "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving
306503609a9SYuri Pankov# time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the
307503609a9SYuri Pankov# practice altogether in future years."
308503609a9SYuri Pankov#
309503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24):
310503609a9SYuri Pankov# Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his
311503609a9SYuri Pankov# decision to abandon DST permanently.  See Ahram Online 2015-04-24.
312503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx
313503609a9SYuri Pankov
314503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29):
315503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October....
316503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx
317503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04):
318503609a9SYuri Pankov# Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST,
319503609a9SYuri Pankov
320af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Ahmad ElDardiry (2023-03-01):
321af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# Egypt officially announced today that daylight savings will be
322af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# applied from last Friday of April to last Thursday of October.
323af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-01):
324af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# Assume transitions are at 00:00 and 24:00 respectively.
325af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Amir Adib (2023-03-07):
326af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianCabinet/posts/638829614954129/
327af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman
328503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	24:00	0	-
329503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	24:00	0	-
330503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Aug	10	24:00	0	-
331503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	 9	24:00	1:00	S
332503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
333503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	May	15	24:00	1:00	S
334503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jun	26	24:00	0	-
335503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jul	31	24:00	1:00	S
336503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
337af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Egypt	2023	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00	1:00	S
338af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Egypt	2023	max	-	Oct	lastThu	24:00	0	-
339503609a9SYuri Pankov
340374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
341427b4c5cSAndy Fiddaman		#STDOFF	2:05:08.9
342503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:09 -	LMT	1900 Oct
343503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
344503609a9SYuri Pankov
345503609a9SYuri Pankov# Guinea-Bissau
346503609a9SYuri Pankov#
347*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
348*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
349503609a9SYuri Pankov#
350374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3513508b934SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1  1:00u
352*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-1:00	-	%z	1975
353503609a9SYuri Pankov			 0:00	-	GMT
354503609a9SYuri Pankov
355f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Comoros
356f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Djibouti
357f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Eritrea
358f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Ethiopia
359503609a9SYuri Pankov# Kenya
360f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Madagascar
361f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Mayotte
362f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Somalia
363f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Tanzania
364f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Uganda
365f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
366f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From P Chan (2020-10-24):
367f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
368f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The standard time of GMT+2:30 was adopted in the East Africa Protectorate....
369f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [The Official Gazette, 1908-05-01, p 274]
370f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=e-cAC-sjPSEC&pg=PA274
371f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
372f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# At midnight on 30 June 1928 the clocks throughout Kenya was put forward
373f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# half an hour by the Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1928.
374f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://gazettes.africa/archive/ke/1928/ke-government-gazette-dated-1928-05-11-no-28.pdf
375427b4c5cSAndy Fiddaman# [Ordinance No. 11 of 1928, The Official Gazette, 1928-06-26, p 813]
376f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=2S0S6os32ZUC&pg=PA813
377f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
378f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The 1928 ordinance was repealed by the Alteration of Time (repeal) Ordinance,
379f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# 1929 and the time was restored to GMT+2:30 at midnight on 4 January 1930.
380f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [Ordinance No. 97 of 1929, The Official Gazette, 1929-12-31, p 2701]
381f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=_g18jIZQlwwC&pg=PA2701
382f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
383f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1936 changed the time to GMT+2:45
384f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# and repealed the previous ordinance at midnight on 31 December 1936.
385f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [The Official Gazette, 1936-07-21, p 705]
386f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=K7j41z0aC5wC&pg=PA705
387f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
388f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The Defence (Amendment of Laws No. 120) Regulations changed the time
389f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# to GMT+3 at midnight on 31 July 1942.
390f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [Kenya Official Gazette Supplement No. 32, 1942-07-21, p 331]
391f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?hl=zh-TW&id=c_E-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA331
392f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The provision of the 1936 ordinance was not repealed and was later
393f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# incorporated in the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance in 1948.
394f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Although it was overridden by the 1942 regulations.
395f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [The Laws of Kenya in force on 1948-09-21, Title I, Chapter 1, 31]
396f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://dds.crl.edu/item/217517 (p.101)
397f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# In 1950 the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance was amended to adopt
398f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# GMT+3 permanently as the 1942 regulations were due to expire on 10 December.
399f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=jvR8mUDAwR0C&pg=PA787
400f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [Ordinance No. 44 of 1950, Kenya Ordinances 1950, Vol. XXIX, p 294]
401f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=-_dQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294
402f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
403f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From Paul Eggert (2020-10-24):
404f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The 1908-05-01 announcement does not give an effective date,
405f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# so just say "1908 May".
406f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
407f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# From Paul Eggert (2018-09-11):
408f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia,
409f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian
410f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# timekeeping practice that is based on solar time.  See:
411f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double
412f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05.
413f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time
414f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi
415374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
416f915e6d3SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1908 May
417*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			2:30	-	%z	1928 Jun 30 24:00
418f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi			3:00	-	EAT	1930 Jan  4 24:00
419*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			2:30	-	%z	1936 Dec 31 24:00
420*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			2:45	-	%z	1942 Jul 31 24:00
421503609a9SYuri Pankov			3:00	-	EAT
422503609a9SYuri Pankov
423503609a9SYuri Pankov# Liberia
424dafc4501SDan McDonald#
425dafc4501SDan McDonald# From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02):
426dafc4501SDan McDonald#
427dafc4501SDan McDonald# The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30.
428dafc4501SDan McDonald#
4294b8ee424SYuri Pankov# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset
430dafc4501SDan McDonald# that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.  The 1972 change was on
431dafc4501SDan McDonald# 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of:
432dafc4501SDan McDonald# Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of
433dafc4501SDan McDonald# President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972.
434dafc4501SDan McDonald# Monrovia: Executive Mansion.
435dafc4501SDan McDonald#
436af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more accurate numeric
437dafc4501SDan McDonald# abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit.
438dafc4501SDan McDonald#
439374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
440503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
441503609a9SYuri Pankov			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
442dafc4501SDan McDonald			-0:44:30 -	MMT	1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT
443503609a9SYuri Pankov			 0:00	-	GMT
444503609a9SYuri Pankov
445503609a9SYuri Pankov###############################################################################
446503609a9SYuri Pankov
447503609a9SYuri Pankov# Libya
448503609a9SYuri Pankov
449503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Even Scharning (2012-11-10):
450503609a9SYuri Pankov# Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10.
451b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/
452503609a9SYuri Pankov# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc
453503609a9SYuri Pankov#
454503609a9SYuri Pankov# Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in
455b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html
456503609a9SYuri Pankov#
457503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11):
458503609a9SYuri Pankov# Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
459503609a9SYuri Pankov# The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe
460503609a9SYuri Pankov# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
461503609a9SYuri Pankov# lastFri instead of lastSun).
462503609a9SYuri Pankov
463503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25):
464503609a9SYuri Pankov# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was
465503609a9SYuri Pankov# cancelled yesterday....
466b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/
467503609a9SYuri Pankov#
468503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
469503609a9SYuri Pankov# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02.
470503609a9SYuri Pankov
471f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
472503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
473503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
474503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
475503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
476503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
477503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
478503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
479503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
480503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
481503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
482503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
483503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
484503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
485503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
486503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
487503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Mar	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
488503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Libya	2013	only	-	Oct	lastFri	2:00	0	-
489374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
490503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
491503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
492503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	EET	1982
493503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
494503609a9SYuri Pankov# The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
495503609a9SYuri Pankov# the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors.
496503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
497503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4
498503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	EET	2012 Nov 10  2:00
499503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	2013 Oct 25  2:00
500503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	EET
501503609a9SYuri Pankov
502503609a9SYuri Pankov# Mauritius
503503609a9SYuri Pankov
504503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
505503609a9SYuri Pankov# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
506503609a9SYuri Pankov# basis....
507503609a9SYuri Pankov# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
508503609a9SYuri Pankov# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
509b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
510503609a9SYuri Pankov
511503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
512503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
513503609a9SYuri Pankov
514503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
515503609a9SYuri Pankov# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
516503609a9SYuri Pankov# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
517503609a9SYuri Pankov# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
518503609a9SYuri Pankov
519503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
520503609a9SYuri Pankov# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
521503609a9SYuri Pankov
522503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
523503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to
524503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
525503609a9SYuri Pankov# (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
526503609a9SYuri Pankov# than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
527503609a9SYuri Pankov# date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
528503609a9SYuri Pankov# given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
529503609a9SYuri Pankov#
530503609a9SYuri Pankov# A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
531503609a9SYuri Pankov# to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
532503609a9SYuri Pankov# but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
533503609a9SYuri Pankov# USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
534503609a9SYuri Pankov# why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
535503609a9SYuri Pankov# changes two days later.
536503609a9SYuri Pankov
537503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
538503609a9SYuri Pankov# Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
539503609a9SYuri Pankov# time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
540503609a9SYuri Pankov# published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
541503609a9SYuri Pankov#
542503609a9SYuri Pankov# I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
543503609a9SYuri Pankov# de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
544503609a9SYuri Pankov# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one....
545503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
546503609a9SYuri Pankov
547503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
548503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Government of Mauritius weblink
549503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
550503609a9SYuri Pankov# Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
551503609a9SYuri Pankov#
552503609a9SYuri Pankov# 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
553503609a9SYuri Pankov# of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
554503609a9SYuri Pankov# Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
555503609a9SYuri Pankov# the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
556503609a9SYuri Pankov# States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
557503609a9SYuri Pankov# last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
558503609a9SYuri Pankov# the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
559503609a9SYuri Pankov# year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
560503609a9SYuri Pankov# and end on 29 March 2009.
561503609a9SYuri Pankov
562503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
563503609a9SYuri Pankov# THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
564503609a9SYuri Pankov# beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
565503609a9SYuri Pankov# morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
566503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
567503609a9SYuri Pankov
568503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05):
569503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe
570503609a9SYuri Pankov# DST the coming summer...
571503609a9SYuri Pankov#
572503609a9SYuri Pankov# Some sources, in French:
573af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-«-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99été-ne-sera-pas-appliquée-cette-année-»
574af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-économie-d-énergie-de-l-heure-d-été-ont-été-atteints-
575503609a9SYuri Pankov#
576503609a9SYuri Pankov# Our wrap-up:
577b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
578503609a9SYuri Pankov
579503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
580503609a9SYuri Pankov# The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
581503609a9SYuri Pankov# "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
582503609a9SYuri Pankov# at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
583503609a9SYuri Pankov
584f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5853508b934SYuri PankovRule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	-
586503609a9SYuri PankovRule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
5873508b934SYuri PankovRule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
588503609a9SYuri PankovRule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
589374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
590503609a9SYuri PankovZone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907 # Port Louis
591*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			4:00 Mauritius	%z
592503609a9SYuri Pankov# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
593503609a9SYuri Pankov# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
594503609a9SYuri Pankov
595af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman
596af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# Morocco
597af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# See Africa/Ceuta for Spanish Morocco.
598af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman
599503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
600503609a9SYuri Pankov# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
601503609a9SYuri Pankov# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
602503609a9SYuri Pankov#
603503609a9SYuri Pankov# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
604503609a9SYuri Pankov# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
605503609a9SYuri Pankov# Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
606503609a9SYuri Pankov#
607b654b02dSYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
608503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
609503609a9SYuri Pankov
610503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
611503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe
612503609a9SYuri Pankov# Presse:
613503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
614503609a9SYuri Pankov#
615503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
616503609a9SYuri Pankov# spokesman.
617503609a9SYuri Pankov
618503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
619503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to this article:
620b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
621503609a9SYuri Pankov# (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>)
622503609a9SYuri Pankov# the changes occur at midnight:
623503609a9SYuri Pankov#
624503609a9SYuri Pankov# Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be
625503609a9SYuri Pankov# interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday)
626503609a9SYuri Pankov# Sunday night the 28th at midnight
627503609a9SYuri Pankov#
628503609a9SYuri Pankov# Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
629503609a9SYuri Pankov# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and
630503609a9SYuri Pankov# Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
631503609a9SYuri Pankov# June 1st to Sept 27th.
632503609a9SYuri Pankov#
633503609a9SYuri Pankov# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
634503609a9SYuri Pankov# published on the web.
635503609a9SYuri Pankov#
636503609a9SYuri Pankov# It's also confirmed here:
637503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
638503609a9SYuri Pankov# on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet
639503609a9SYuri Pankov# posted in English).
640503609a9SYuri Pankov#
641503609a9SYuri Pankov# The following Google query will generate many relevant hits:
642b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
643503609a9SYuri Pankov
644503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
645503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
646503609a9SYuri Pankov# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
647503609a9SYuri Pankov# of September:
648503609a9SYuri Pankov#
649503609a9SYuri Pankov# One article about it (in French):
650503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
651503609a9SYuri Pankov#
652503609a9SYuri Pankov# We have some further details posted here:
653b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
654503609a9SYuri Pankov
655503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
656503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
657503609a9SYuri Pankov# to many sources, such as
658503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
659503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
660503609a9SYuri Pankov# (French)
661503609a9SYuri Pankov#
662503609a9SYuri Pankov# Our summary:
663b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
664503609a9SYuri Pankov
665503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
666503609a9SYuri Pankov# Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
667503609a9SYuri Pankov# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
668503609a9SYuri Pankov#
669503609a9SYuri Pankov# Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967)
670503609a9SYuri Pankov# concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
671503609a9SYuri Pankov# Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
672503609a9SYuri Pankov# advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
673503609a9SYuri Pankov#
674503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
675503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
676503609a9SYuri Pankov
677503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
678503609a9SYuri Pankov# Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
679503609a9SYuri Pankov# of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
680503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
681503609a9SYuri Pankov#
682503609a9SYuri Pankov# Example:
683503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
684503609a9SYuri Pankov# (French)
685503609a9SYuri Pankov# Our page:
686b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
687503609a9SYuri Pankov
688503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30):
689503609a9SYuri Pankov# ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format)
690503609a9SYuri Pankov# The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00
691503609a9SYuri Pankov# The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00
692503609a9SYuri Pankov# ...Official links of change in morocco
693503609a9SYuri Pankov# The change was broadcast on the FM Radio
694503609a9SYuri Pankov# I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at
695503609a9SYuri Pankov# +212.537.71.84.00
696503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/
697503609a9SYuri Pankov# They said that
698503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view
699503609a9SYuri Pankov# is the official publication to look at.
700503609a9SYuri Pankov# They said that the decision was already taken.
701503609a9SYuri Pankov#
702503609a9SYuri Pankov# More articles in the press
703b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html
704503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923
705af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT+1-a-partir-de-dim
706503609a9SYuri Pankov
707503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Petr Machata (2011-03-30):
708503609a9SYuri Pankov# They have it written in English here:
709503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view
710503609a9SYuri Pankov#
711503609a9SYuri Pankov# It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31,
712503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of
713503609a9SYuri Pankov# wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
714503609a9SYuri Pankov# also been like that in the past.
715503609a9SYuri Pankov
716503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
717503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
718503609a9SYuri Pankov# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale:
719503609a9SYuri Pankov# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été
720af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-légale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-dété
721503609a9SYuri Pankov# Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
722503609a9SYuri Pankov# the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
723503609a9SYuri Pankov# last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
724503609a9SYuri Pankov# except the month of Ramadan.
725503609a9SYuri Pankov# or (brief)
726503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
727503609a9SYuri Pankov
728503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
729503609a9SYuri Pankov# The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
730503609a9SYuri Pankov# effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
731503609a9SYuri Pankov# it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
732503609a9SYuri Pankov# Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
733503609a9SYuri Pankov# start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
734503609a9SYuri Pankov
735503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
736503609a9SYuri Pankov# Seen Morocco change again:
737503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
738503609a9SYuri Pankov# "...à partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars,
739503609a9SYuri Pankov# comme annoncé précédemment."
740503609a9SYuri Pankov
741503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17):
742503609a9SYuri Pankov# The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government:
743503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French]
744503609a9SYuri Pankov#
745503609a9SYuri Pankov# Google translation, lightly edited:
746503609a9SYuri Pankov# Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT)
747503609a9SYuri Pankov# Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18,
748503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the
749503609a9SYuri Pankov# Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry
750503609a9SYuri Pankov# of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return
751503609a9SYuri Pankov# of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until
752503609a9SYuri Pankov# Monday, August 20, 2012.  So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from
753503609a9SYuri Pankov# 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes
754503609a9SYuri Pankov# August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am.
755503609a9SYuri Pankov
756503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06):
757503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be
758503609a9SYuri Pankov# announced a bit in advance.  On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government
759503609a9SYuri Pankov# announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be
760503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see
761503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288
762503609a9SYuri Pankov
763503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02):
764503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings
765503609a9SYuri Pankov# transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see:
766503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10
767503609a9SYuri Pankov
768503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28):
769503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day
770503609a9SYuri Pankov# before it was going to end.  There is a new decree (2.13.781) for
771503609a9SYuri Pankov# this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00
772503609a9SYuri Pankov# to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules.  Official
773503609a9SYuri Pankov# source (French):
774503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013
775503609a9SYuri Pankov# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
776503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
777503609a9SYuri Pankov
778503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18):
779503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp
780503609a9SYuri Pankov
781503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05):
782503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return
783503609a9SYuri Pankov# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time....  DST
784503609a9SYuri Pankov# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014....
785503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586
786503609a9SYuri Pankov
787503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Milamber (2015-06-08):
788503609a9SYuri Pankov# (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes
789503609a9SYuri Pankov# Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding
790503609a9SYuri Pankov# that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19,
791503609a9SYuri Pankov# 2015 at 2:00.  The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I
792503609a9SYuri Pankov# 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of
793503609a9SYuri Pankov# 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015).
794503609a9SYuri Pankov# Source (french):
795b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/
796503609a9SYuri Pankov#
797503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Milamber (2015-06-09):
798503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863
799503609a9SYuri Pankov#
800503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09):
801503609a9SYuri Pankov# [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go
802503609a9SYuri Pankov# from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch....
803503609a9SYuri Pankov# I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in
804b654b02dSYuri Pankov# <https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees
805503609a9SYuri Pankov# with the patch.
806503609a9SYuri Pankov
80705e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26):
80805e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition
80905e627dcSAndy Fiddaman# of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone.
810251a62bcSDominik Hassler# From Matt Johnson (2018-10-28):
811251a62bcSDominik Hassler# http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2018/BO_6720-bis_Ar.pdf
812251a62bcSDominik Hassler#
813251a62bcSDominik Hassler# From Maamar Abdelkader (2018-11-01):
814251a62bcSDominik Hassler# We usually move clocks back the previous week end and come back to the +1
815251a62bcSDominik Hassler# the week end after....  The government does not announce yet the decision
816251a62bcSDominik Hassler# about this temporary change.  But it s 99% sure that it will be the case,
817251a62bcSDominik Hassler# as in previous years.  An unofficial survey was done these days, showing
818374df668SAndy Fiddaman# that 64% of asked people are ok for moving from +1 to +0 during Ramadan.
819251a62bcSDominik Hassler# https://leconomiste.com/article/1035870-enquete-l-economiste-sunergia-64-des-marocains-plebiscitent-le-gmt-pendant-ramadan
820374df668SAndy Fiddaman
821374df668SAndy Fiddaman# From Naoufal Semlali (2019-04-16):
822374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Morocco will be on GMT starting from Sunday, May 5th 2019 at 3am.
823374df668SAndy Fiddaman# The switch to GMT+1 will occur on Sunday, June 9th 2019 at 2am....
824374df668SAndy Fiddaman# http://fr.le360.ma/societe/voici-la-date-du-retour-a-lheure-legale-au-maroc-188222
8255254d4faSAndy Fiddaman
8265254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# From Semlali Naoufal (2020-04-14):
8275254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# Following the announcement by the Moroccan government, the switch to
8285254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# GMT time will take place on Sunday, April 19, 2020 from 3 a.m. and
8295254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# the return to GMT+1 time will take place on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2 a.m....
8305254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# https://maroc-diplomatique.net/maroc-le-retour-a-lheure-gmt-est-prevu-dimanche-prochain/
8315254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# http://aujourdhui.ma/actualite/gmt1-retour-a-lheure-normale-dimanche-prochain-1
832251a62bcSDominik Hassler#
833f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From Milamber (2020-05-31)
834f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# In Morocco (where I live), the end of Ramadan (Arabic month) is followed by
835f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# the Eid al-Fitr, and concretely it's 1 or 2 day offs for the people (with
836f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# traditional visiting of family, big lunches/dinners, etc.).  So for this
837f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# year the astronomical calculations don't include the following 2 days off in
838f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# the calc.  These 2 days fall in a Sunday/Monday, so it's not acceptable by
839f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# people to have a time shift during these 2 days off.  Perhaps you can modify
840f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# the (predicted) rules for next years: if the end of Ramadan is a (probable)
841f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Friday or Saturday (and so the 2 days off are on a weekend), the next time
842f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# shift will be the next weekend.
843f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
844af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Milamber (2021-03-31, 2022-03-10):
845af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=2076
846af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# https://www.ecoactu.ma/horaires-administration-ramadan-gmtheure-gmt-a-partir-de-dimanche-27-mars/
847af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman#
848af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Milamber (2023-03-14, 2023-03-15):
849af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# The return to legal GMT time will take place this Sunday, March 19 at 3 a.m.
850af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# ... the return to GMT+1 will be made on Sunday April 23, 2023 at 2 a.m.
851af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites/passage-à-l%E2%80%99heure-gmt-à-partir-du-dimanche-19-mars-2023
852af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman#
853af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2023-03-14):
8545254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# For now, guess that in the future Morocco will fall back at 03:00
8555254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# the last Sunday before Ramadan, and spring forward at 02:00 the
856af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# first Sunday after one day after Ramadan.  To implement this,
857f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# transition dates and times for 2019 through 2087 were determined by
858af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# running the following program under GNU Emacs 28.2.  (This algorithm
859f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# also produces the correct transition dates for 2016 through 2018,
860f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# though the times differ due to Morocco's time zone change in 2018.)
861f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# (let ((islamic-year 1440))
862251a62bcSDominik Hassler#   (require 'cal-islam)
863374df668SAndy Fiddaman#   (while (< islamic-year 1511)
864251a62bcSDominik Hassler#     (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
865af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman#           (b (+ 1 (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))))
866251a62bcSDominik Hassler#           (sunday 0))
867251a62bcSDominik Hassler#       (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
868251a62bcSDominik Hassler#       (while (/= sunday (mod b 7))
869251a62bcSDominik Hassler#         (setq b (1+ b)))
870251a62bcSDominik Hassler#       (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
871251a62bcSDominik Hassler#       (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
872251a62bcSDominik Hassler#       (insert
873251a62bcSDominik Hassler#        (format
874251a62bcSDominik Hassler#         (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t-1:00\t-\n"
875251a62bcSDominik Hassler#                 "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t0\t-\n")
876251a62bcSDominik Hassler#         (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a))
877251a62bcSDominik Hassler#         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
878251a62bcSDominik Hassler#     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
879503609a9SYuri Pankov
880f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
88105e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	-
882503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
88305e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	-
884503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
88505e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	-
886503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
88705e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	-
888503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
88905e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	-
890503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
89105e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
892503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
893503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
89405e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
895503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
89605e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
897503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
89805e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
899503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	21	 0:00	0	-
90005e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
901503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
90205e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
903503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	31	 0:00	0	-
90405e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2012	2013	-	Apr	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
905503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Jul	20	 3:00	0	-
90605e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	1:00	-
907503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Sep	30	 3:00	0	-
908503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Jul	 7	 3:00	0	-
90905e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Aug	10	 2:00	1:00	-
91005e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2013	2018	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
91105e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2014	2018	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
912503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jun	28	 3:00	0	-
91305e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Aug	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
914503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jun	14	 3:00	0	-
91505e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	1:00	-
916503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jun	 5	 3:00	0	-
91705e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jul	10	 2:00	1:00	-
918503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	May	21	 3:00	0	-
91905e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2017	only	-	Jul	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
920503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	May	13	 3:00	0	-
92105e627dcSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2018	only	-	Jun	17	 2:00	1:00	-
922251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	May	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
923251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2019	only	-	Jun	 9	 2:00	0	-
924251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	Apr	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
9255254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2020	only	-	May	31	 2:00	0	-
926251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	Apr	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
927251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2021	only	-	May	16	 2:00	0	-
928251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	Mar	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
929251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2022	only	-	May	 8	 2:00	0	-
930251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Mar	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
931af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
932251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Mar	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
933251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Apr	14	 2:00	0	-
934251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Feb	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
935251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Apr	 6	 2:00	0	-
936251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Feb	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
937251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Mar	22	 2:00	0	-
938251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Feb	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
939251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Mar	14	 2:00	0	-
940251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Jan	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
9415254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Mar	 5	 2:00	0	-
942251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Jan	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
943251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Feb	18	 2:00	0	-
944251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Dec	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
945251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Feb	10	 2:00	0	-
946251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Dec	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
947af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Jan	26	 2:00	0	-
948251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Dec	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
949251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Jan	18	 2:00	0	-
950251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Nov	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
951251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Jan	 9	 2:00	0	-
952251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Nov	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
953251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Dec	25	 2:00	0	-
954251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Nov	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
955251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Dec	17	 2:00	0	-
956251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Oct	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
9575254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Dec	 9	 2:00	0	-
958251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Oct	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
959251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Nov	23	 2:00	0	-
960251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
961251a62bcSDominik HasslerRule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Nov	15	 2:00	0	-
962374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Sep	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
963af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
964374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Sep	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
965374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Oct	23	 2:00	0	-
966374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Sep	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
967374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Oct	14	 2:00	0	-
968374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Aug	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
969374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Sep	29	 2:00	0	-
970374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Aug	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
971374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Sep	21	 2:00	0	-
972374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Aug	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
9735254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Sep	13	 2:00	0	-
974374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Jul	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
975374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Aug	28	 2:00	0	-
976374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Jul	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
977374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	0	-
978374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Jul	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
979af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Aug	 5	 2:00	0	-
980374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jun	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
981374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jul	28	 2:00	0	-
982374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jun	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
983374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	0	-
984374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2049	only	-	May	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
985374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2049	only	-	Jul	 4	 2:00	0	-
986374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2050	only	-	May	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
987374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2050	only	-	Jun	26	 2:00	0	-
988374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2051	only	-	May	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
9895254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2051	only	-	Jun	18	 2:00	0	-
990374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Apr	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
991374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Jun	 2	 2:00	0	-
992374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2053	only	-	Apr	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
993374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2053	only	-	May	25	 2:00	0	-
994374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2054	only	-	Apr	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
995af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2054	only	-	May	10	 2:00	0	-
996374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2055	only	-	Mar	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
997374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2055	only	-	May	 2	 2:00	0	-
998374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Mar	12	 3:00	-1:00	-
999374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
1000374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Mar	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
1001374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Apr	 8	 2:00	0	-
1002374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Feb	17	 3:00	-1:00	-
1003374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Mar	31	 2:00	0	-
1004374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Feb	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
10055254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Mar	23	 2:00	0	-
1006374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Feb	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
1007374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Mar	 7	 2:00	0	-
1008374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Jan	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
1009374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Feb	27	 2:00	0	-
1010374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Jan	 8	 3:00	-1:00	-
1011af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Feb	12	 2:00	0	-
1012374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Dec	31	 3:00	-1:00	-
1013374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Feb	 4	 2:00	0	-
1014374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Dec	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
10155254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Jan	27	 2:00	0	-
1016374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Dec	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
1017374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Jan	11	 2:00	0	-
1018374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Nov	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
1019374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Jan	 3	 2:00	0	-
1020374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Nov	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
10215254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Dec	26	 2:00	0	-
1022374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Nov	 6	 3:00	-1:00	-
1023374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Dec	11	 2:00	0	-
1024374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Oct	21	 3:00	-1:00	-
1025374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Dec	 2	 2:00	0	-
1026374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Oct	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
1027af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Nov	17	 2:00	0	-
1028374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Oct	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
1029374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Nov	 9	 2:00	0	-
1030374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Sep	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
10315254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Nov	 1	 2:00	0	-
1032374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Sep	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
1033374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Oct	16	 2:00	0	-
1034374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Aug	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
1035374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
1036374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Aug	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
10375254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Sep	30	 2:00	0	-
1038374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Aug	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
1039374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Sep	15	 2:00	0	-
1040374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Jul	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
1041374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Sep	 6	 2:00	0	-
1042374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Jul	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
1043af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Aug	22	 2:00	0	-
1044374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Jul	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
1045374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Aug	14	 2:00	0	-
1046374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Jun	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
10475254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Aug	 6	 2:00	0	-
1048374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jun	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
1049374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jul	21	 2:00	0	-
1050374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jun	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
1051374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jul	13	 2:00	0	-
1052374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2082	only	-	May	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
1053af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2082	only	-	Jun	28	 2:00	0	-
1054374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2083	only	-	May	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
1055374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2083	only	-	Jun	20	 2:00	0	-
1056374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Apr	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
1057374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Jun	11	 2:00	0	-
1058374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2085	only	-	Apr	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
1059af2e290bSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2085	only	-	May	27	 2:00	0	-
1060374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2086	only	-	Apr	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
1061374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2086	only	-	May	19	 2:00	0	-
1062374df668SAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2087	only	-	Mar	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
10635254d4faSAndy FiddamanRule	Morocco	2087	only	-	May	11	 2:00	0	-
1064374df668SAndy Fiddaman# For dates after the somewhat-arbitrary cutoff of 2087, assume that
1065374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Morocco will no longer observe DST.  At some point this table will
1066374df668SAndy Fiddaman# need to be extended, though quite possibly Morocco will change the
1067374df668SAndy Fiddaman# rules first.
1068503609a9SYuri Pankov
1069374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1070503609a9SYuri PankovZone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
1071*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 0:00	Morocco	%z	1984 Mar 16
1072*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 1:00	-	%z	1986
1073*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 0:00	Morocco	%z	2018 Oct 28  3:00
1074*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 1:00	Morocco	%z
1075503609a9SYuri Pankov
1076503609a9SYuri Pankov# Western Sahara
1077503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1078503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22):
1079503609a9SYuri Pankov# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters
1080503609a9SYuri Pankov# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as
1081503609a9SYuri Pankov# Morocco does.
1082503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1083503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
1084503609a9SYuri Pankov# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
1085503609a9SYuri Pankov# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
1086503609a9SYuri Pankov
1087503609a9SYuri PankovZone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan # El Aaiún
1088*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			-1:00	-	%z	1976 Apr 14
1089*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 0:00	Morocco	%z	2018 Oct 28  3:00
1090*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			 1:00	Morocco	%z
1091503609a9SYuri Pankov
1092f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Botswana
1093f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Burundi
1094f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern)
1095f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Malawi
1096503609a9SYuri Pankov# Mozambique
1097f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Rwanda
1098f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Zambia
1099f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Zimbabwe
1100503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1101*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01):
1102*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# For timestamps before Mozambique's independence, see commentary for
1103*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# Europe/Lisbon.
1104*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi#
1105*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# From Paul Eggert (2024-05-24):
1106*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# The London Gazette, 1903-04-03, page 2245, says that
1107*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# as of 1903-03-03 a time ball at the port of Lourenço Marques
1108*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# (as Maputo was then called) was dropped daily at 13:00:00 LMT,
1109*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# corresponding to 22:49:41.7 GMT, so local time was +02:10:18.3.
1110*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# Conversely, the newspaper South Africa, 1909-02-09, page 321,
1111*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# says the port had just installed an apparatus that communicated
1112*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# "from the controlling clock in the new Observatory at Reuben Point ...
1113*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# exact mean South African time, i.e., 30 deg., or 2 hours East of Greenwich".
1114*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# Although Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT,
1115*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# evidently the port transitioned to CAT after 1903-03-03 but before
1116*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# the Portuguese legal transition of 1912-01-01 (see Europe/Lisbon commentary).
1117*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi# For lack of better info, list 1909 as the transition date.
1118503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1119374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1120*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi		#STDOFF	2:10:18.3
1121*53cd6942SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:18 -	LMT	1909
1122503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	CAT
1123b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1124503609a9SYuri Pankov# Namibia
1125b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1126b654b02dSYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09):
1127b654b02dSYuri Pankov# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at
1128b654b02dSYuri Pankov# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf
1129b654b02dSYuri Pankov# and includes this nugget:
1130b654b02dSYuri Pankov# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the
1131b654b02dSYuri Pankov# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall
1132b654b02dSYuri Pankov# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on
1133b654b02dSYuri Pankov# Sunday 4 September 1994.
1134503609a9SYuri Pankov
11353508b934SYuri Pankov# From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06):
11363508b934SYuri Pankov# ... both summer and winter time are called "standard"
11373508b934SYuri Pankov# (which differs from the use in Ireland) ...
11383508b934SYuri Pankov
1139503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30):
1140503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html
1141503609a9SYuri Pankov# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
1142503609a9SYuri Pankov# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
1143503609a9SYuri Pankov# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions.  Chief of
1144503609a9SYuri Pankov# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
1145503609a9SYuri Pankov# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
1146503609a9SYuri Pankov# of the country.
1147503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1148dafc4501SDan McDonald# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22):
1149dafc4501SDan McDonald# Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally
1150dafc4501SDan McDonald# observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice.
1151dafc4501SDan McDonald# In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
1152dafc4501SDan McDonald# See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23.
1153b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers
1154b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1155b654b02dSYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-08-09):
1156b654b02dSYuri Pankov# Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST:
1157b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
1158b654b02dSYuri Pankov# This video is from the government decision:
1159b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665
1160b654b02dSYuri Pankov# We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at
1161b654b02dSYuri Pankov# the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September:
1162b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html
1163503609a9SYuri Pankov
11643508b934SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09):
11653508b934SYuri Pankov# Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally.
11663508b934SYuri Pankov# However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST.  See, e.g.:
11673508b934SYuri Pankov# http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706
11683508b934SYuri Pankov# https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia
11693508b934SYuri Pankov# https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
11703508b934SYuri Pankov# Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible
11713508b934SYuri Pankov# with Namibia's neighbors.
11723508b934SYuri Pankov
1173f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
11743508b934SYuri Pankov# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
11753508b934SYuri PankovRule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	-1:00	WAT
11763508b934SYuri PankovRule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	CAT
11773508b934SYuri PankovRule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	-1:00	WAT
11785254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk.
11793508b934SYuri Pankov#Rule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	WAT
11803508b934SYuri Pankov#Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	CAT
11813508b934SYuri Pankov#Rule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	WAT
11823508b934SYuri Pankov# End of rearguard section.
11833508b934SYuri Pankov
1184374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1185503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
1186*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			1:30	-	%z	1903 Mar
1187503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20  2:00
1188503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21  2:00
1189503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
11903508b934SYuri Pankov# Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
11913508b934SYuri Pankov			2:00	Namibia	%s
11925254d4faSAndy Fiddaman# Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk.
11933508b934SYuri Pankov#			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Mar 21  0:00
11943508b934SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07):
11953508b934SYuri Pankov# The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24.  See:
11963508b934SYuri Pankov# http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf
11973508b934SYuri Pankov#			1:00	Namibia	%s	2017 Oct 24
11983508b934SYuri Pankov#			2:00	-	CAT
11993508b934SYuri Pankov# End of rearguard section.
1200503609a9SYuri Pankov
1201503609a9SYuri Pankov
1202f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Angola
1203f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Benin
1204f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Cameroon
1205f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Central African Republic
1206f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Democratic Republic of the Congo (western)
1207f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Republic of the Congo
1208f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Equatorial Guinea
1209f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Gabon
1210f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Niger
1211503609a9SYuri Pankov# Nigeria
1212f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
1213f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From P Chan (2020-12-03):
1214f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# GMT was adopted as the standard time of Lagos on 1905-07-01.
1215f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Lagos Weekly Record, 1905-06-24, p 3
1216af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558#?c=0&m=668&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1446,5221,1931,1235
1217f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# says "It is officially notified that on and after the 1st of July 1905
1218af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# Greenwich Mean Solar Time will be adopted throughout the Colony and
1219f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Protectorate, and that it will be necessary to put all clocks 13 minutes and
1220f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# 35 seconds back, recording local mean time."
1221f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
1222f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# It seemed that Lagos returned to LMT on 1908-07-01.
1223f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# [The Lagos Standard], 1908-07-01, p 5
1224af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31556#?c=0&m=78&s=0&cv=4&r=0&xywh=-92,3590,3944,2523
1225f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# says "Scarcely have the people become accustomed to this new time, when
1226f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# another official notice has now appeared announcing that from and after the
1227f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# 1st July next, return will be made to local mean time."
1228f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
1229f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
1230f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# On 1914-01-01, standard time of GMT+0:30 was adopted for the unified Nigeria.
1231f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 878. Nigeria. Report for 1914. (April 1916),
1232f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# p 27
1233f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27
1234f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted,
1235f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian
1236af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# 7° 30' E. long."
1237f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos
1238f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of
1239f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes
1240f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# accordingly."
1241f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi#
1242f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# In 1919, standard time was changed to GMT+1.
1243f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Interpretation Ordinance (Cap 2)
1244f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The Laws of Nigeria, Containing the Ordinances of Nigeria, in Force on the
1245f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# 1st Day of January, 1923, Vol.I [p 16]
1246f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://books.google.com/books?id=BOMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16
1247f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# "The expression 'Standard time' means standard time as used in Nigeria:
1248f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# namely, 60 minutes in advance of Greenwich mean time.  (As amended by 18 of
1249f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# 1919, s. 2.)"
1250f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10):
1251f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The Lagos Weekly Record, 1919-09-20, p 3 details discussion on the first
1252f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# reading of this Bill by the Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria on
1253f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Thursday 1919-08-28:
1254af2e290bSAndy Fiddaman# 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
1255f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# "The proposal is that the Globe should be divided into twelve zones East and
1256f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# West of Greenwich, of one hour each, Nigeria falling into the zone with a
1257f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# standard of one hour fast on Greenwich Mean Time.  Nigeria standard time is
1258f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# now 30 minutes in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ... according to the new
1259f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# proposal, standard time will be advanced another 30 minutes".  It was further
1260f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# proposed that the firing of the time guns likewise be adjusted by 30 minutes
1261f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# to compensate.
1262f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10), per P Chan (2020-12-11):
1263f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# The text of Ordinance 18 of 1919, published in Nigeria Gazette, Vol 6, No 52,
1264f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# shows that the change was assented to the following day and took effect "on
1265f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# the 1st day of September, 1919."
1266f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Nigeria Gazette and Supplements 1919 Jan-Dec, Reference: 73266B-40,
1267f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# img 245-246
1268f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# https://microform.digital/boa/collections/77/volumes/539/nigeria-lagos-1887-1919
1269f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
1270374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1271f915e6d3SRobert MustacchiZone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:35 -	LMT	1905 Jul  1
1272f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi			0:00	-	GMT	1908 Jul  1
1273f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi			0:13:35	-	LMT	1914 Jan  1
1274*53cd6942SRobert Mustacchi			0:30	-	%z	1919 Sep  1
1275503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	-	WAT
1276503609a9SYuri Pankov
1277503609a9SYuri Pankov# São Tomé and Príncipe
12784b8ee424SYuri Pankov
12793508b934SYuri Pankov# See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition.
12803508b934SYuri Pankov
12814b8ee424SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08):
12824b8ee424SYuri Pankov# Multiple sources tell that São Tomé changed from UTC to UTC+1 as
12834b8ee424SYuri Pankov# they entered the year 2018.
12844b8ee424SYuri Pankov# From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08):
12854b8ee424SYuri Pankov# the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017]
12864b8ee424SYuri Pankov# http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017
12874b8ee424SYuri Pankov
1288251a62bcSDominik Hassler# From Vadim Nasardinov (2018-12-29):
1289251a62bcSDominik Hassler# São Tomé and Príncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019:
1290251a62bcSDominik Hassler# https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/
1291251a62bcSDominik Hassler#
1292251a62bcSDominik Hassler# From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30):
1293251a62bcSDominik Hassler# https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818
1294251a62bcSDominik Hassler# ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal
1295427b4c5cSAndy Fiddaman# coordinated time, will be reinstituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.]
1296251a62bcSDominik Hassler
12974b8ee424SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
1298427b4c5cSAndy Fiddaman		#STDOFF	-0:36:44.68
12993508b934SYuri Pankov			-0:36:45 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 00:00u # Lisbon MT
13004b8ee424SYuri Pankov			 0:00	-	GMT	2018 Jan  1 01:00
1301251a62bcSDominik Hassler			 1:00	-	WAT	2019 Jan  1 02:00
1302251a62bcSDominik Hassler			 0:00	-	GMT
13034b8ee424SYuri Pankov
1304f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Eswatini (Swaziland)
1305f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi# Lesotho
1306503609a9SYuri Pankov# South Africa
1307f117aa50SRobert Mustacchi
1308f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1309503609a9SYuri PankovRule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
1310503609a9SYuri PankovRule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
1311374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1312503609a9SYuri PankovZone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
1313503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
1314503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	SA	SAST
1315503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1316503609a9SYuri Pankov# Marion and Prince Edward Is
1317503609a9SYuri Pankov# scientific station since 1947
1318503609a9SYuri Pankov# no information
1319503609a9SYuri Pankov
1320503609a9SYuri Pankov# Sudan
1321b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1322503609a9SYuri Pankov# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
1323503609a9SYuri Pankov# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
1324503609a9SYuri Pankov# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
1325503609a9SYuri Pankov# Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
1326503609a9SYuri Pankov# Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
1327503609a9SYuri Pankov# Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
1328b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1329b654b02dSYuri Pankov# From Ahmed Atyya, National Telecommunications Corp. (NTC), Sudan (2017-10-17):
1330b654b02dSYuri Pankov# ... the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT+3:00)
1331b654b02dSYuri Pankov# to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017.
1332503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1333b654b02dSYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):
1334b654b02dSYuri Pankov# A scanned copy (in Arabic) of Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the
1335b654b02dSYuri Pankov# year 2017 can be found as an attachment in email today from Yahia
1336b654b02dSYuri Pankov# Abdalla of NTC, archived at:
1337b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html
1338b654b02dSYuri Pankov
1339f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1340503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1341503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
1342503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
1343503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
1344374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1345503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
1346503609a9SYuri Pankov			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
1347b654b02dSYuri Pankov			3:00	-	EAT	2017 Nov  1
1348b654b02dSYuri Pankov			2:00	-	CAT
1349503609a9SYuri Pankov
135006965442SAndy Fiddaman# South Sudan
135106965442SAndy Fiddaman
1352f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# From Steffen Thorsen (2021-01-18):
1353f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# "South Sudan will change its time zone by setting the clock back 1
1354f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# hour on February 1, 2021...."
1355f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# from https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adopts-new-time-zone-makuei/
1356f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi
1357374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1358b654b02dSYuri PankovZone	Africa/Juba	2:06:28 -	LMT	1931
1359b654b02dSYuri Pankov			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
1360f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi			3:00	-	EAT	2021 Feb  1 00:00
1361f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi			2:00	-	CAT
1362503609a9SYuri Pankov
1363503609a9SYuri Pankov# Tunisia
1364503609a9SYuri Pankov
1365503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
1366503609a9SYuri Pankov# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
1367503609a9SYuri Pankov# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
1368503609a9SYuri Pankov# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
1369503609a9SYuri Pankov# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
1370503609a9SYuri Pankov# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
1371503609a9SYuri Pankov# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
1372503609a9SYuri Pankov# Saturday."  (My translation)
1373503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1374503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
1375503609a9SYuri Pankov# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ...
1376503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html
1377503609a9SYuri Pankov# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
1378503609a9SYuri Pankov# 1h standard time.
1379503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1380503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
1381503609a9SYuri Pankov# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
1382503609a9SYuri Pankov# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
1383503609a9SYuri Pankov# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
1384503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
1385503609a9SYuri Pankov
1386503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
1387503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
1388503609a9SYuri Pankov# (Arabic)
1389503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
1390b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
1391503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1392503609a9SYuri Pankov# We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
1393503609a9SYuri Pankov# We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
1394b654b02dSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
1395503609a9SYuri Pankov
1396503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
1397503609a9SYuri Pankov# Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
1398503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1399503609a9SYuri Pankov# Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
1400503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1401503609a9SYuri Pankov# (in English)
1402503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
1403503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1404503609a9SYuri Pankov# (in Arabic)
1405503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
1406503609a9SYuri Pankov
1407503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18):
1408503609a9SYuri Pankov# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is
1409503609a9SYuri Pankov# due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period
1410503609a9SYuri Pankov# concerned by summer time.  Therefore, the standard time will be kept
1411503609a9SYuri Pankov# unchanged the whole year long."  So foregoing DST seems to be an exception
1412503609a9SYuri Pankov# (albeit one that may be repeated in the future).
1413503609a9SYuri Pankov
1414503609a9SYuri Pankov# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27):
1415503609a9SYuri Pankov# According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010
1416503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1417503609a9SYuri Pankov# (translation):
1418503609a9SYuri Pankov# "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on
1419503609a9SYuri Pankov# Sunday...
1420503609a9SYuri Pankov# Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also
1421503609a9SYuri Pankov# coincided with the month of Ramadan..."
1422503609a9SYuri Pankov#
1423503609a9SYuri Pankov# (in Arabic)
1424503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1
1425503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036
1426503609a9SYuri Pankov# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html
1427503609a9SYuri Pankov
1428f915e6d3SRobert Mustacchi# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1429503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
1430503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
1431503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
1432503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
1433503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
1434503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
1435503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
1436503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
1437503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
1438503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
1439503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
1440503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
1441503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
1442503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
1443503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
1444503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1445503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
1446503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1447503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
1448503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
1449503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1450503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
1451503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
1452503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
1453503609a9SYuri PankovRule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
1454503609a9SYuri Pankov
145506965442SAndy Fiddaman# See Europe/Paris commentary for PMT-related transitions.
1456374df668SAndy Fiddaman# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1457503609a9SYuri PankovZone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
1458503609a9SYuri Pankov			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
1459503609a9SYuri Pankov			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
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