# @(#)africa7.39

# @(#)africa8.3

# <pre>

# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,

# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to

# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).

# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

#

# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is

# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),

# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).

# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),

# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).

#

# Gwillim Law writes that a good source

# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport

# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),

# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries

# of the IATA's data after 1990.

#

# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,

# and IATA SSIM is the source for entriesafter 1990.

# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks& Pottengeris the source for

#entries through 1990,and IATA SSIM is the source for entriesafterwards.

#

# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,

# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which

# Algeria

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

RuleAlgeria1916only-Jun1423:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria19161919-OctSun<=723:00s0-

RuleAlgeria19161919-OctSun>=123:00s0-

RuleAlgeria1917only-Mar2423:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria1918only-Mar 923:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria1919only-Mar 123:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria1921only-Jun2123:00s0-

RuleAlgeria1939only-Sep1123:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria1939only-Nov19 1:000-

RuleAlgeria19441945-AprMon<=7 2:001:00S

RuleAlgeria19441945-AprMon>=1 2:001:00S

RuleAlgeria1944only-Oct 8 2:000-

RuleAlgeria1945only-Sep16 1:000-

RuleAlgeria1971only-Apr2523:00s1:00S

RuleAlgeria1978only-Sep22 3:000-

RuleAlgeria1980only-Apr25 0:001:00S

RuleAlgeria1980only-Oct31 2:000-

# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.

# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's

# more precise 0:09:21.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAfrica/Algiers0:12:12 -LMT1891 Mar 15 0:01

0:09:21-PMT1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time

1:00-WAT

# Benin

# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.

# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;

# go with Shanks & Pottenger.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

Zone Africa/Porto-Novo0:10:28-LMT1912

0:00-GMT1934 Feb 26

2:00-CAT

# Cameroon

# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.

# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAfrica/Douala0:38:48-LMT1912

1:00-WAT

3:00-EAT

# Ethiopia

# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):

# Shankswritesthat Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between

# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

# Shanks& Pottenger writethat Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones

#between1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.

# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa2:34:48 -LMT1870

# Ghana

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.

# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present'';

# go with Shanks & Pottenger.

RuleGhana19361942-Sep 10:000:20GHST

RuleGhana19361942-Dec310:000GMT

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

2:00-SAST

# Liberia

# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch

# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.

# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.

# Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.

# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman

# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.

# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;

# go with Shanks & Pottenger.

# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and

# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAfrica/Monrovia-0:43:08 -LMT1882

-0:43:08 -MMT1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time

1:00LibyaCE%sT1959

2:00-EET1982

1:00LibyaCE%sT1990 May 4

# The following entries areallfrom Shanks;

# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;

# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.

2:00-EET1996 Sep 30

1:00-CET1997 Apr 4

2:00-CAT

# Namibia

# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.

# Shanksreports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.

# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.

# Shanks& Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.

# RULENAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

RuleNamibia1994max-SepSun>=12:001:00S

RuleNamibia1995max-AprSun>=12:000-

# Sierra Leone

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.

# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.

RuleSL19351942-Jun 10:000:40SLST

RuleSL19351942-Oct 10:000WAT

RuleSL19571962-Jun 10:001:00SLST

# Tunisia

# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):

#

# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,

# this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News

# <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP

# <http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html>

# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,

# 1h standard time.

#

# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):

# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:

# Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00

# Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...

# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50

# RuleNAMEFROMTOTYPEINONATSAVELETTER/S

RuleTunisia1939only-Apr1523:00s1:00S

RuleTunisia1990only-May 1 0:00s1:00S

RuleTunisia2005only-May 1 0:00s1:00S

RuleTunisia2005only-Sep30 1:00s0-

# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.

# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.

RuleTunisia2006max-MarlastSun 2:00s1:00S

RuleTunisia2006max-OctlastSun 2:00s0-

# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's

# more precise 0:09:21.

# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.

# ZoneNAMEGMTOFFRULESFORMAT[UNTIL]

ZoneAfrica/Tunis0:40:44 -LMT1881 May 12

0:09:21-PMT1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time

# @(#)antarctica7.25

# @(#)antarctica8.2

# <pre>

# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):

# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see

RuleArgAQ19641966-Mar 10:000-

RuleArgAQ19641966-Oct150:001:00S

RuleArgAQ1967only-Apr 10:000-

RuleArgAQ19671968-OctSun<=70:001:00S

RuleArgAQ19681969-AprSun<=70:000-

RuleArgAQ19671968-OctSun>=10:001:00S

RuleArgAQ19681969-AprSun>=10:000-

RuleArgAQ1974only-Jan230:001:00S

RuleArgAQ1974only-May 10:000-

RuleArgAQ19741976-OctSun<=70:001:00S

RuleArgAQ19751977-AprSun<=70:000-

RuleArgAQ19741976-OctSun>=10:001:00S

RuleArgAQ19751977-AprSun>=10:000-

RuleChileAQ19661997-OctSun>=90:001:00S

RuleChileAQ19671998-MarSun>=90:000-

RuleChileAQ1998only-Sep270:001:00S

# Australia - territories

# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)

#previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered

#<a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">

#<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">

#Margaret Turner reports

#</a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;

#presumably this is when they have visitors.

# France - year-round bases

#

# From Antoine Leca<Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR>(1997-01-20):

# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):

# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP

# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).

# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases

0-zzz1956 Nov

10:00-DDUT# Dumont-d'Urville Time

# Reference:

# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">

#Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)

# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">

#Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)

# </a>

# Germany - year-round base

# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815

# Syowa, -690022+0393524

#

# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):

# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]

# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>

# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu.

# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.

#

# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,

# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main

# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the

# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.

#

# From Chris Carrier<72157.3334@CompuServe.COM>(1996-06-27):

# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):

# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,

# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,

# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12