| 1 | # tzdb data for Africa and environs |
| 2 | |
| 3 | # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of |
| 4 | # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, |
| 7 | # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to |
| 8 | # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see |
| 9 | # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | # From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27): |
| 12 | # |
| 13 | # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: |
| 14 | # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), |
| 15 | # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). |
| 16 | # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. |
| 17 | # |
| 18 | # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source |
| 19 | # for time zone data was the International Air Transport |
| 20 | # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), |
| 21 | # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries |
| 22 | # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, |
| 23 | # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. |
| 24 | # |
| 25 | # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, |
| 26 | # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which |
| 27 | # I found in the UCLA library. |
| 28 | # |
| 29 | # For data circa 1899, a common source is: |
| 30 | # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. |
| 31 | # https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 |
| 32 | # |
| 33 | # European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean. |
| 34 | # For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized. |
| 35 | # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT |
| 36 | # for UT +00 through +03, respectively, |
| 37 | # but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that |
| 38 | # 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa, |
| 39 | # 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and |
| 40 | # 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for |
| 41 | # the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". |
| 42 | # |
| 43 | # To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency: |
| 44 | # +00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time |
| 45 | # +02 CAT Central Africa Time |
| 46 | # +02 SAST South Africa Standard Time |
| 47 | # and Murray suggested the following abbreviation: |
| 48 | # +01 WAT West Africa Time |
| 49 | # Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like. |
| 50 | # I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but |
| 51 | # cannot now come up with solid citations. |
| 52 | # |
| 53 | # I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s: |
| 54 | # +02 WAST West Africa Summer Time |
| 55 | # +03 CAST Central Africa Summer Time |
| 56 | # +03 SAST South Africa Summer Time |
| 57 | # +03 EAT East Africa Time |
| 58 | # 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though |
| 59 | # the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps, |
| 60 | # they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations. |
| 61 | # Corrections are welcome. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | # Algeria |
| 64 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 65 | Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 66 | Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 - |
| 67 | Rule Algeria 1917 only - Mar 24 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 68 | Rule Algeria 1918 only - Mar 9 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 69 | Rule Algeria 1919 only - Mar 1 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 70 | Rule Algeria 1920 only - Feb 14 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 71 | Rule Algeria 1920 only - Oct 23 23:00s 0 - |
| 72 | Rule Algeria 1921 only - Mar 14 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 73 | Rule Algeria 1921 only - Jun 21 23:00s 0 - |
| 74 | Rule Algeria 1939 only - Sep 11 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 75 | Rule Algeria 1939 only - Nov 19 1:00 0 - |
| 76 | Rule Algeria 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S |
| 77 | Rule Algeria 1944 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - |
| 78 | Rule Algeria 1945 only - Sep 16 1:00 0 - |
| 79 | Rule Algeria 1971 only - Apr 25 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 80 | Rule Algeria 1971 only - Sep 26 23:00s 0 - |
| 81 | Rule Algeria 1977 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 S |
| 82 | Rule Algeria 1977 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 - |
| 83 | Rule Algeria 1978 only - Mar 24 1:00 1:00 S |
| 84 | Rule Algeria 1978 only - Sep 22 3:00 0 - |
| 85 | Rule Algeria 1980 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 S |
| 86 | Rule Algeria 1980 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 - |
| 87 | # See Europe/Paris for PMT-related transitions. |
| 88 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 89 | Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 16 |
| 90 | 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time |
| 91 | 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1940 Feb 25 2:00 |
| 92 | 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1946 Oct 7 |
| 93 | 0:00 - WET 1956 Jan 29 |
| 94 | 1:00 - CET 1963 Apr 14 |
| 95 | 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1977 Oct 21 |
| 96 | 1:00 Algeria CE%sT 1979 Oct 26 |
| 97 | 0:00 Algeria WE%sT 1981 May |
| 98 | 1:00 - CET |
| 99 | |
| 100 | # Angola |
| 101 | # Benin |
| 102 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 103 | |
| 104 | # Botswana |
| 105 | # See Africa/Maputo. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | # Burkina Faso |
| 108 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | # Burundi |
| 111 | # See Africa/Maputo. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | # Cameroon |
| 114 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | # Cape Verde / Cabo Verde |
| 117 | # |
| 118 | # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): |
| 119 | # Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02. |
| 120 | # For now, ignore that and follow the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree |
| 121 | # (see Europe/Lisbon). |
| 122 | # |
| 123 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 124 | Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1912 Jan 01 2:00u # Praia |
| 125 | -2:00 - -02 1942 Sep |
| 126 | -2:00 1:00 -01 1945 Oct 15 |
| 127 | -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00 |
| 128 | -1:00 - -01 |
| 129 | |
| 130 | # Central African Republic |
| 131 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | # Chad |
| 134 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 135 | Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena |
| 136 | 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 |
| 137 | 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 |
| 138 | 1:00 - WAT |
| 139 | |
| 140 | # Comoros |
| 141 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | # Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 144 | # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | # Republic of the Congo |
| 147 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | # Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast |
| 150 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 151 | Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 |
| 152 | 0:00 - GMT |
| 153 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra # Ghana |
| 154 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali |
| 155 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # The Gambia |
| 156 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea |
| 157 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal |
| 158 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone |
| 159 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo |
| 160 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania |
| 161 | Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso |
| 162 | Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena |
| 163 | |
| 164 | # Djibouti |
| 165 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | ############################################################################### |
| 168 | |
| 169 | # Egypt |
| 170 | |
| 171 | # Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh |
| 172 | # observatory; round to nearest. Milne also says that the official time for |
| 173 | # Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this |
| 174 | # did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 177 | Rule Egypt 1940 only - Jul 15 0:00 1:00 S |
| 178 | Rule Egypt 1940 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 179 | Rule Egypt 1941 only - Apr 15 0:00 1:00 S |
| 180 | Rule Egypt 1941 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - |
| 181 | Rule Egypt 1942 1944 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 182 | Rule Egypt 1942 only - Oct 27 0:00 0 - |
| 183 | Rule Egypt 1943 1945 - Nov 1 0:00 0 - |
| 184 | Rule Egypt 1945 only - Apr 16 0:00 1:00 S |
| 185 | Rule Egypt 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S |
| 186 | Rule Egypt 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 187 | Rule Egypt 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 188 | Rule Egypt 1959 1981 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S |
| 189 | Rule Egypt 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - |
| 190 | Rule Egypt 1966 1994 - Oct 1 3:00 0 - |
| 191 | Rule Egypt 1982 only - Jul 25 1:00 1:00 S |
| 192 | Rule Egypt 1983 only - Jul 12 1:00 1:00 S |
| 193 | Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S |
| 194 | Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S |
| 195 | Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S |
| 196 | # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. |
| 197 | # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20): |
| 200 | # "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight |
| 201 | # saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of |
| 202 | # Egyptians would approve the cancellation." |
| 203 | # |
| 204 | # Egypt to cancel daylight saving time |
| 205 | # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 |
| 206 | # or |
| 207 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html |
| 208 | Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 209 | Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
| 210 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): |
| 211 | # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: |
| 212 | # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday |
| 213 | # after observing the daylight saving time since May. |
| 214 | # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf |
| 215 | Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - |
| 216 | # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): |
| 217 | # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight |
| 218 | # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. |
| 219 | # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] |
| 220 | # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm |
| 221 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 |
| 222 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: |
| 223 | # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm |
| 224 | Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - |
| 225 | # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): |
| 226 | # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter |
| 227 | # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each |
| 228 | # year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite |
| 229 | # hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by |
| 230 | # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently, |
| 231 | # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008. |
| 232 | # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): |
| 233 | # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06): |
| 236 | # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited): |
| 237 | # |
| 238 | # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009 |
| 239 | # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = |
| 240 | # Apr 23 |
| 241 | # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 |
| 242 | # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri = |
| 243 | # Apr 24 |
| 244 | # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 |
| 245 | # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu = |
| 246 | # Aug 27 |
| 247 | # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 |
| 248 | # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu = |
| 249 | # Aug 27 |
| 250 | # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 |
| 251 | # |
| 252 | # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59= |
| 253 | # :59) |
| 254 | # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/ |
| 255 | # |
| 256 | # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. |
| 257 | # |
| 258 | # [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 |
| 259 | # [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 |
| 260 | # [3] https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ |
| 261 | |
| 262 | # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): |
| 263 | # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth |
| 264 | # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday |
| 265 | # in September. |
| 266 | |
| 267 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): |
| 268 | # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet |
| 269 | # Information and Decision Support Center: |
| 270 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html |
| 271 | # |
| 272 | # The Middle East News Agency |
| 273 | # https://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx |
| 274 | # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" |
| 275 | # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." |
| 276 | # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, |
| 277 | # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine |
| 278 | # (at least today). |
| 279 | |
| 280 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): |
| 281 | # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has |
| 282 | # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during |
| 283 | # Ramadan. |
| 284 | # |
| 285 | # Arabic translation: |
| 286 | # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again" |
| 287 | # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again |
| 288 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html |
| 289 | |
| 290 | # From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): |
| 291 | # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 |
| 292 | # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx |
| 293 | |
| 294 | # From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13): |
| 295 | # our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) |
| 296 | |
| 297 | # From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04): |
| 298 | # We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes |
| 299 | # in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at |
| 300 | # http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ... |
| 301 | # [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ... |
| 302 | # translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to |
| 303 | # take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014, |
| 304 | # to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014, |
| 305 | # and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve |
| 306 | # o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been |
| 307 | # reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]... |
| 308 | # http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258 |
| 309 | |
| 310 | # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04): |
| 311 | # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says |
| 312 | # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited |
| 313 | # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is |
| 314 | # no information about when DST will end this fall. See: |
| 315 | # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 |
| 316 | |
| 317 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08): |
| 318 | # Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015. |
| 319 | # This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last |
| 320 | # Thursday of April.... Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but |
| 321 | # dates not yet announced.... |
| 322 | # http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ... |
| 323 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html |
| 324 | |
| 325 | # From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20): |
| 326 | # Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at |
| 327 | # least for 2015. |
| 328 | # |
| 329 | # From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20): |
| 330 | # http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx |
| 331 | # "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving |
| 332 | # time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the |
| 333 | # practice altogether in future years." |
| 334 | # |
| 335 | # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24): |
| 336 | # Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his |
| 337 | # decision to abandon DST permanently. See Ahram Online 2015-04-24. |
| 338 | # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx |
| 339 | |
| 340 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29): |
| 341 | # Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October.... |
| 342 | # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx |
| 343 | # From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04): |
| 344 | # Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST, |
| 345 | |
| 346 | Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - |
| 347 | Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - |
| 348 | Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - |
| 349 | Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S |
| 350 | Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
| 351 | Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S |
| 352 | Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - |
| 353 | Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S |
| 354 | Rule Egypt 2014 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - |
| 355 | |
| 356 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 357 | Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct |
| 358 | 2:00 Egypt EE%sT |
| 359 | |
| 360 | # Equatorial Guinea |
| 361 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | # Eritrea |
| 364 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 365 | |
| 366 | # Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) |
| 367 | # See Africa/Johannesburg. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | # Ethiopia |
| 370 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 371 | # |
| 372 | # Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia, |
| 373 | # as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian |
| 374 | # timekeeping practice that is based on solar time. See: |
| 375 | # Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double |
| 376 | # check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05. |
| 377 | # https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time |
| 378 | |
| 379 | # Gabon |
| 380 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 381 | |
| 382 | # The Gambia |
| 383 | # Ghana |
| 384 | # Guinea |
| 385 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 386 | |
| 387 | # Guinea-Bissau |
| 388 | # |
| 389 | # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16): |
| 390 | # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT, |
| 391 | # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree |
| 392 | # (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect. |
| 393 | # |
| 394 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 395 | Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u |
| 396 | -1:00 - -01 1975 |
| 397 | 0:00 - GMT |
| 398 | |
| 399 | # Kenya |
| 400 | |
| 401 | # From P Chan (2020-10-24): |
| 402 | # |
| 403 | # The standard time of GMT+2:30 was adopted in the East Africa Protectorate.... |
| 404 | # [The Official Gazette, 1908-05-01, p 274] |
| 405 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=e-cAC-sjPSEC&pg=PA274 |
| 406 | # |
| 407 | # At midnight on 30 June 1928 the clocks throughout Kenya was put forward |
| 408 | # half an hour by the Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1928. |
| 409 | # https://gazettes.africa/archive/ke/1928/ke-government-gazette-dated-1928-05-11-no-28.pdf |
| 410 | # [Ordinance No. 11 of 1928, The Offical Gazette, 1928-06-26, p 813] |
| 411 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=2S0S6os32ZUC&pg=PA813 |
| 412 | # |
| 413 | # The 1928 ordinance was repealed by the Alteration of Time (repeal) Ordinance, |
| 414 | # 1929 and the time was restored to GMT+2:30 at midnight on 4 January 1930. |
| 415 | # [Ordinance No. 97 of 1929, The Official Gazette, 1929-12-31, p 2701] |
| 416 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=_g18jIZQlwwC&pg=PA2701 |
| 417 | # |
| 418 | # The Alteration of Time Ordinance, 1936 changed the time to GMT+2:45 |
| 419 | # and repealed the previous ordinance at midnight on 31 December 1936. |
| 420 | # [The Official Gazette, 1936-07-21, p 705] |
| 421 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=K7j41z0aC5wC&pg=PA705 |
| 422 | # |
| 423 | # The Defence (Amendment of Laws No. 120) Regulations changed the time |
| 424 | # to GMT+3 at midnight on 31 July 1942. |
| 425 | # [Kenya Official Gazette Supplement No. 32, 1942-07-21, p 331] |
| 426 | # https://books.google.com/books?hl=zh-TW&id=c_E-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA331 |
| 427 | # The provision of the 1936 ordinance was not repealed and was later |
| 428 | # incorporated in the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance in 1948. |
| 429 | # Although it was overridden by the 1942 regulations. |
| 430 | # [The Laws of Kenya in force on 1948-09-21, Title I, Chapter 1, 31] |
| 431 | # https://dds.crl.edu/item/217517 (p.101) |
| 432 | # In 1950 the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance was amended to adopt |
| 433 | # GMT+3 permanently as the 1942 regulations were due to expire on 10 December. |
| 434 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=jvR8mUDAwR0C&pg=PA787 |
| 435 | # [Ordinance No. 44 of 1950, Kenya Ordinances 1950, Vol. XXIX, p 294] |
| 436 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=-_dQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294 |
| 437 | |
| 438 | # From Paul Eggert (2020-10-24): |
| 439 | # The 1908-05-01 announcement does not give an effective date, |
| 440 | # so just say "1908 May". |
| 441 | |
| 442 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 443 | Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1908 May |
| 444 | 2:30 - +0230 1928 Jun 30 24:00 |
| 445 | 3:00 - EAT 1930 Jan 4 24:00 |
| 446 | 2:30 - +0230 1936 Dec 31 24:00 |
| 447 | 2:45 - +0245 1942 Jul 31 24:00 |
| 448 | 3:00 - EAT |
| 449 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia |
| 450 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea |
| 451 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania |
| 452 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti |
| 453 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda |
| 454 | Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia |
| 455 | Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar |
| 456 | Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro |
| 457 | Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte |
| 458 | |
| 459 | # Lesotho |
| 460 | # See Africa/Johannesburg. |
| 461 | |
| 462 | # Liberia |
| 463 | # |
| 464 | # From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02): |
| 465 | # |
| 466 | # The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30. |
| 467 | # |
| 468 | # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset |
| 469 | # that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. The 1972 change was on |
| 470 | # 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of: |
| 471 | # Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of |
| 472 | # President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972. |
| 473 | # Monrovia: Executive Mansion. |
| 474 | # |
| 475 | # Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric |
| 476 | # abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit. |
| 477 | # |
| 478 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 479 | Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 |
| 480 | -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time |
| 481 | -0:44:30 - MMT 1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT |
| 482 | 0:00 - GMT |
| 483 | |
| 484 | ############################################################################### |
| 485 | |
| 486 | # Libya |
| 487 | |
| 488 | # From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): |
| 489 | # Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. |
| 490 | # https://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ |
| 491 | # Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc |
| 492 | # |
| 493 | # Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in |
| 494 | # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html |
| 495 | # |
| 496 | # From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): |
| 497 | # Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. |
| 498 | # The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe |
| 499 | # (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on |
| 500 | # lastFri instead of lastSun). |
| 501 | |
| 502 | # From Even Scharning (2013-10-25): |
| 503 | # The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was |
| 504 | # cancelled yesterday.... |
| 505 | # https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/ |
| 506 | # |
| 507 | # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25): |
| 508 | # For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02. |
| 509 | |
| 510 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 511 | Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S |
| 512 | Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - |
| 513 | Rule Libya 1953 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S |
| 514 | Rule Libya 1954 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - |
| 515 | Rule Libya 1955 only - Sep 30 0:00 1:00 S |
| 516 | Rule Libya 1956 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - |
| 517 | Rule Libya 1982 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 518 | Rule Libya 1982 1985 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 519 | Rule Libya 1985 only - Apr 6 0:00 1:00 S |
| 520 | Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S |
| 521 | Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - |
| 522 | Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 523 | Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 524 | Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S |
| 525 | Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - |
| 526 | Rule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S |
| 527 | Rule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 - |
| 528 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 529 | Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 |
| 530 | 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 |
| 531 | 2:00 - EET 1982 |
| 532 | 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 |
| 533 | # The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger; |
| 534 | # the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors. |
| 535 | 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 |
| 536 | 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 |
| 537 | 2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00 |
| 538 | 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00 |
| 539 | 2:00 - EET |
| 540 | |
| 541 | # Madagascar |
| 542 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 543 | |
| 544 | # Malawi |
| 545 | # See Africa/Maputo. |
| 546 | |
| 547 | # Mali |
| 548 | # Mauritania |
| 549 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 550 | |
| 551 | # Mauritius |
| 552 | |
| 553 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25): |
| 554 | # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial |
| 555 | # basis.... |
| 556 | # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to |
| 557 | # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... |
| 558 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html |
| 559 | |
| 560 | # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): |
| 561 | # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD |
| 562 | |
| 563 | # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): |
| 564 | # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A |
| 565 | # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving |
| 566 | # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): |
| 569 | # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger. |
| 570 | |
| 571 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): |
| 572 | # According to |
| 573 | # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 |
| 574 | # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier |
| 575 | # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start |
| 576 | # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time |
| 577 | # given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time). |
| 578 | # |
| 579 | # A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date |
| 580 | # to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date, |
| 581 | # but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in |
| 582 | # USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder |
| 583 | # why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which |
| 584 | # changes two days later. |
| 585 | |
| 586 | # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11): |
| 587 | # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving |
| 588 | # time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally |
| 589 | # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... |
| 590 | # |
| 591 | # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction |
| 592 | # de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 |
| 593 | # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.... |
| 594 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html |
| 595 | |
| 596 | # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): |
| 597 | # The Government of Mauritius weblink |
| 598 | # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD |
| 599 | # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: |
| 600 | # |
| 601 | # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly |
| 602 | # of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in |
| 603 | # Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of |
| 604 | # the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United |
| 605 | # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the |
| 606 | # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on |
| 607 | # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the |
| 608 | # year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 |
| 609 | # and end on 29 March 2009. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): |
| 612 | # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the |
| 613 | # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the |
| 614 | # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. |
| 615 | # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf |
| 616 | |
| 617 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): |
| 618 | # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe |
| 619 | # DST the coming summer... |
| 620 | # |
| 621 | # Some sources, in French: |
| 622 | # http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB |
| 623 | # http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints- |
| 624 | # |
| 625 | # Our wrap-up: |
| 626 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html |
| 627 | |
| 628 | # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): |
| 629 | # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: |
| 630 | # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour |
| 631 | # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..." |
| 632 | |
| 633 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 634 | Rule Mauritius 1982 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 - |
| 635 | Rule Mauritius 1983 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - |
| 636 | Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - |
| 637 | Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - |
| 638 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 639 | Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis |
| 640 | 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05 |
| 641 | # Agalega Is, Rodriguez |
| 642 | # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius |
| 643 | |
| 644 | # Mayotte |
| 645 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 646 | |
| 647 | # Morocco |
| 648 | # See Africa/Ceuta for Spanish Morocco. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): |
| 651 | # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between |
| 652 | # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008. |
| 653 | # |
| 654 | # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will |
| 655 | # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to |
| 656 | # Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." |
| 657 | # |
| 658 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html |
| 659 | # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html |
| 660 | |
| 661 | # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): |
| 662 | # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe |
| 663 | # Presse: |
| 664 | # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view |
| 665 | # |
| 666 | # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. |
| 667 | # spokesman. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): |
| 670 | # According to this article: |
| 671 | # https://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html |
| 672 | # (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>) |
| 673 | # the changes occur at midnight: |
| 674 | # |
| 675 | # Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be |
| 676 | # interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday) |
| 677 | # Sunday night the 28th at midnight |
| 678 | # |
| 679 | # Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say |
| 680 | # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and |
| 681 | # Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive |
| 682 | # June 1st to Sept 27th. |
| 683 | # |
| 684 | # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree |
| 685 | # published on the web. |
| 686 | # |
| 687 | # It's also confirmed here: |
| 688 | # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm |
| 689 | # on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet |
| 690 | # posted in English). |
| 691 | # |
| 692 | # The following Google query will generate many relevant hits: |
| 693 | # https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search |
| 694 | |
| 695 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): |
| 696 | # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 |
| 697 | # and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end |
| 698 | # of September: |
| 699 | # |
| 700 | # One article about it (in French): |
| 701 | # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default |
| 702 | # |
| 703 | # We have some further details posted here: |
| 704 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html |
| 705 | |
| 706 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): |
| 707 | # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according |
| 708 | # to many sources, such as |
| 709 | # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html |
| 710 | # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 |
| 711 | # (French) |
| 712 | # |
| 713 | # Our summary: |
| 714 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html |
| 715 | |
| 716 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): |
| 717 | # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, |
| 718 | # Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics |
| 719 | # |
| 720 | # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967) |
| 721 | # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of |
| 722 | # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be |
| 723 | # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. |
| 724 | # |
| 725 | # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf |
| 726 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html |
| 727 | |
| 728 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): |
| 729 | # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization |
| 730 | # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from |
| 731 | # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. |
| 732 | # |
| 733 | # Example: |
| 734 | # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html |
| 735 | # (French) |
| 736 | # Our page: |
| 737 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html |
| 738 | |
| 739 | # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): |
| 740 | # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) |
| 741 | # The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00 |
| 742 | # The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00 |
| 743 | # ...Official links of change in morocco |
| 744 | # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio |
| 745 | # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at |
| 746 | # +212.537.71.84.00 |
| 747 | # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ |
| 748 | # They said that |
| 749 | # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view |
| 750 | # is the official publication to look at. |
| 751 | # They said that the decision was already taken. |
| 752 | # |
| 753 | # More articles in the press |
| 754 | # https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html |
| 755 | # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 |
| 756 | # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim |
| 757 | |
| 758 | # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): |
| 759 | # They have it written in English here: |
| 760 | # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view |
| 761 | # |
| 762 | # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, |
| 763 | # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of |
| 764 | # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has |
| 765 | # also been like that in the past. |
| 766 | |
| 767 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): |
| 768 | # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), |
| 769 | # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: |
| 770 | # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été |
| 771 | # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 |
| 772 | # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on |
| 773 | # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on |
| 774 | # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) |
| 775 | # except the month of Ramadan. |
| 776 | # or (brief) |
| 777 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html |
| 778 | |
| 779 | # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): |
| 780 | # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in |
| 781 | # effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day; |
| 782 | # it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX. |
| 783 | # Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about |
| 784 | # start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX. |
| 785 | |
| 786 | # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): |
| 787 | # Seen Morocco change again: |
| 788 | # http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php |
| 789 | # "...à partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars, |
| 790 | # comme annoncé précédemment." |
| 791 | |
| 792 | # From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): |
| 793 | # The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: |
| 794 | # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] |
| 795 | # |
| 796 | # Google translation, lightly edited: |
| 797 | # Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) |
| 798 | # Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18, |
| 799 | # 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the |
| 800 | # Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry |
| 801 | # of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return |
| 802 | # of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until |
| 803 | # Monday, August 20, 2012. So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from |
| 804 | # 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes |
| 805 | # August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | # From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06): |
| 808 | # Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be |
| 809 | # announced a bit in advance. On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government |
| 810 | # announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be |
| 811 | # 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see |
| 812 | # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 |
| 813 | |
| 814 | # From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02): |
| 815 | # Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings |
| 816 | # transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see: |
| 817 | # http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10 |
| 818 | |
| 819 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28): |
| 820 | # Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day |
| 821 | # before it was going to end. There is a new decree (2.13.781) for |
| 822 | # this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00 |
| 823 | # to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules. Official |
| 824 | # source (French): |
| 825 | # http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013 |
| 826 | # Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree): |
| 827 | # http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html |
| 828 | |
| 829 | # From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18): |
| 830 | # http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp |
| 831 | |
| 832 | # From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05): |
| 833 | # The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return |
| 834 | # to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time.... DST |
| 835 | # will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014.... |
| 836 | # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586 |
| 837 | |
| 838 | # From Milamber (2015-06-08): |
| 839 | # (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes |
| 840 | # Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding |
| 841 | # that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19, |
| 842 | # 2015 at 2:00. The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I |
| 843 | # 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of |
| 844 | # 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015). |
| 845 | # Source (french): |
| 846 | # https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/ |
| 847 | # |
| 848 | # From Milamber (2015-06-09): |
| 849 | # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863 |
| 850 | # |
| 851 | # From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09): |
| 852 | # [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go |
| 853 | # from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch.... |
| 854 | # I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in |
| 855 | # <https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees |
| 856 | # with the patch. |
| 857 | |
| 858 | # From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26): |
| 859 | # Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition |
| 860 | # of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone. |
| 861 | # From Matt Johnson (2018-10-28): |
| 862 | # http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2018/BO_6720-bis_Ar.pdf |
| 863 | # |
| 864 | # From Maamar Abdelkader (2018-11-01): |
| 865 | # We usually move clocks back the previous week end and come back to the +1 |
| 866 | # the week end after.... The government does not announce yet the decision |
| 867 | # about this temporary change. But it s 99% sure that it will be the case, |
| 868 | # as in previous years. An unofficial survey was done these days, showing |
| 869 | # that 64% of asked people are ok for moving from +1 to +0 during Ramadan. |
| 870 | # https://leconomiste.com/article/1035870-enquete-l-economiste-sunergia-64-des-marocains-plebiscitent-le-gmt-pendant-ramadan |
| 871 | |
| 872 | # From Naoufal Semlali (2019-04-16): |
| 873 | # Morocco will be on GMT starting from Sunday, May 5th 2019 at 3am. |
| 874 | # The switch to GMT+1 will occur on Sunday, June 9th 2019 at 2am.... |
| 875 | # http://fr.le360.ma/societe/voici-la-date-du-retour-a-lheure-legale-au-maroc-188222 |
| 876 | |
| 877 | # From Semlali Naoufal (2020-04-14): |
| 878 | # Following the announcement by the Moroccan government, the switch to |
| 879 | # GMT time will take place on Sunday, April 19, 2020 from 3 a.m. and |
| 880 | # the return to GMT+1 time will take place on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2 a.m.... |
| 881 | # https://maroc-diplomatique.net/maroc-le-retour-a-lheure-gmt-est-prevu-dimanche-prochain/ |
| 882 | # http://aujourdhui.ma/actualite/gmt1-retour-a-lheure-normale-dimanche-prochain-1 |
| 883 | # |
| 884 | # From Milamber (2020-05-31) |
| 885 | # In Morocco (where I live), the end of Ramadan (Arabic month) is followed by |
| 886 | # the Eid al-Fitr, and concretely it's 1 or 2 day offs for the people (with |
| 887 | # traditional visiting of family, big lunches/dinners, etc.). So for this |
| 888 | # year the astronomical calculations don't include the following 2 days off in |
| 889 | # the calc. These 2 days fall in a Sunday/Monday, so it's not acceptable by |
| 890 | # people to have a time shift during these 2 days off. Perhaps you can modify |
| 891 | # the (predicted) rules for next years: if the end of Ramadan is a (probable) |
| 892 | # Friday or Saturday (and so the 2 days off are on a weekend), the next time |
| 893 | # shift will be the next weekend. |
| 894 | # |
| 895 | # From Paul Eggert (2020-05-31): |
| 896 | # For now, guess that in the future Morocco will fall back at 03:00 |
| 897 | # the last Sunday before Ramadan, and spring forward at 02:00 the |
| 898 | # first Sunday after two days after Ramadan. To implement this, |
| 899 | # transition dates and times for 2019 through 2087 were determined by |
| 900 | # running the following program under GNU Emacs 26.3. (This algorithm |
| 901 | # also produces the correct transition dates for 2016 through 2018, |
| 902 | # though the times differ due to Morocco's time zone change in 2018.) |
| 903 | # (let ((islamic-year 1440)) |
| 904 | # (require 'cal-islam) |
| 905 | # (while (< islamic-year 1511) |
| 906 | # (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) |
| 907 | # (b (+ 2 (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))) |
| 908 | # (sunday 0)) |
| 909 | # (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7))) |
| 910 | # (while (/= sunday (mod b 7)) |
| 911 | # (setq b (1+ b))) |
| 912 | # (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) |
| 913 | # (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) |
| 914 | # (insert |
| 915 | # (format |
| 916 | # (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t-1:00\t-\n" |
| 917 | # "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t0\t-\n") |
| 918 | # (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) |
| 919 | # (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) |
| 920 | # (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) |
| 921 | # |
| 922 | # From Milamber (2021-03-31, 2022-03-10), confirming these predictions: |
| 923 | # https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=2076 |
| 924 | # https://www.ecoactu.ma/horaires-administration-ramadan-gmtheure-gmt-a-partir-de-dimanche-27-mars/ |
| 925 | |
| 926 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 927 | Rule Morocco 1939 only - Sep 12 0:00 1:00 - |
| 928 | Rule Morocco 1939 only - Nov 19 0:00 0 - |
| 929 | Rule Morocco 1940 only - Feb 25 0:00 1:00 - |
| 930 | Rule Morocco 1945 only - Nov 18 0:00 0 - |
| 931 | Rule Morocco 1950 only - Jun 11 0:00 1:00 - |
| 932 | Rule Morocco 1950 only - Oct 29 0:00 0 - |
| 933 | Rule Morocco 1967 only - Jun 3 12:00 1:00 - |
| 934 | Rule Morocco 1967 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 935 | Rule Morocco 1974 only - Jun 24 0:00 1:00 - |
| 936 | Rule Morocco 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - |
| 937 | Rule Morocco 1976 1977 - May 1 0:00 1:00 - |
| 938 | Rule Morocco 1976 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - |
| 939 | Rule Morocco 1977 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 - |
| 940 | Rule Morocco 1978 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - |
| 941 | Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - |
| 942 | Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - |
| 943 | Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - |
| 944 | Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 - |
| 945 | Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - |
| 946 | Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 - |
| 947 | Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - |
| 948 | Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 - |
| 949 | Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0:00 0 - |
| 950 | Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 - |
| 951 | Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - |
| 952 | Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 - |
| 953 | Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - |
| 954 | Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - |
| 955 | Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 - |
| 956 | Rule Morocco 2013 2018 - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - |
| 957 | Rule Morocco 2014 2018 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 - |
| 958 | Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 - |
| 959 | Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 - |
| 960 | Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 14 3:00 0 - |
| 961 | Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 19 2:00 1:00 - |
| 962 | Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 5 3:00 0 - |
| 963 | Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 10 2:00 1:00 - |
| 964 | Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 21 3:00 0 - |
| 965 | Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 2 2:00 1:00 - |
| 966 | Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 13 3:00 0 - |
| 967 | Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 17 2:00 1:00 - |
| 968 | Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 5 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 969 | Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 9 2:00 0 - |
| 970 | Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 19 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 971 | Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 31 2:00 0 - |
| 972 | Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 11 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 973 | Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 16 2:00 0 - |
| 974 | Rule Morocco 2022 only - Mar 27 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 975 | Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 8 2:00 0 - |
| 976 | Rule Morocco 2023 only - Mar 19 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 977 | Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 30 2:00 0 - |
| 978 | Rule Morocco 2024 only - Mar 10 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 979 | Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 14 2:00 0 - |
| 980 | Rule Morocco 2025 only - Feb 23 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 981 | Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 6 2:00 0 - |
| 982 | Rule Morocco 2026 only - Feb 15 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 983 | Rule Morocco 2026 only - Mar 22 2:00 0 - |
| 984 | Rule Morocco 2027 only - Feb 7 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 985 | Rule Morocco 2027 only - Mar 14 2:00 0 - |
| 986 | Rule Morocco 2028 only - Jan 23 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 987 | Rule Morocco 2028 only - Mar 5 2:00 0 - |
| 988 | Rule Morocco 2029 only - Jan 14 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 989 | Rule Morocco 2029 only - Feb 18 2:00 0 - |
| 990 | Rule Morocco 2029 only - Dec 30 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 991 | Rule Morocco 2030 only - Feb 10 2:00 0 - |
| 992 | Rule Morocco 2030 only - Dec 22 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 993 | Rule Morocco 2031 only - Feb 2 2:00 0 - |
| 994 | Rule Morocco 2031 only - Dec 14 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 995 | Rule Morocco 2032 only - Jan 18 2:00 0 - |
| 996 | Rule Morocco 2032 only - Nov 28 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 997 | Rule Morocco 2033 only - Jan 9 2:00 0 - |
| 998 | Rule Morocco 2033 only - Nov 20 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 999 | Rule Morocco 2033 only - Dec 25 2:00 0 - |
| 1000 | Rule Morocco 2034 only - Nov 5 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1001 | Rule Morocco 2034 only - Dec 17 2:00 0 - |
| 1002 | Rule Morocco 2035 only - Oct 28 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1003 | Rule Morocco 2035 only - Dec 9 2:00 0 - |
| 1004 | Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 19 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1005 | Rule Morocco 2036 only - Nov 23 2:00 0 - |
| 1006 | Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 4 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1007 | Rule Morocco 2037 only - Nov 15 2:00 0 - |
| 1008 | Rule Morocco 2038 only - Sep 26 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1009 | Rule Morocco 2038 only - Nov 7 2:00 0 - |
| 1010 | Rule Morocco 2039 only - Sep 18 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1011 | Rule Morocco 2039 only - Oct 23 2:00 0 - |
| 1012 | Rule Morocco 2040 only - Sep 2 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1013 | Rule Morocco 2040 only - Oct 14 2:00 0 - |
| 1014 | Rule Morocco 2041 only - Aug 25 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1015 | Rule Morocco 2041 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 - |
| 1016 | Rule Morocco 2042 only - Aug 10 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1017 | Rule Morocco 2042 only - Sep 21 2:00 0 - |
| 1018 | Rule Morocco 2043 only - Aug 2 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1019 | Rule Morocco 2043 only - Sep 13 2:00 0 - |
| 1020 | Rule Morocco 2044 only - Jul 24 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1021 | Rule Morocco 2044 only - Aug 28 2:00 0 - |
| 1022 | Rule Morocco 2045 only - Jul 9 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1023 | Rule Morocco 2045 only - Aug 20 2:00 0 - |
| 1024 | Rule Morocco 2046 only - Jul 1 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1025 | Rule Morocco 2046 only - Aug 12 2:00 0 - |
| 1026 | Rule Morocco 2047 only - Jun 23 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1027 | Rule Morocco 2047 only - Jul 28 2:00 0 - |
| 1028 | Rule Morocco 2048 only - Jun 7 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1029 | Rule Morocco 2048 only - Jul 19 2:00 0 - |
| 1030 | Rule Morocco 2049 only - May 30 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1031 | Rule Morocco 2049 only - Jul 4 2:00 0 - |
| 1032 | Rule Morocco 2050 only - May 15 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1033 | Rule Morocco 2050 only - Jun 26 2:00 0 - |
| 1034 | Rule Morocco 2051 only - May 7 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1035 | Rule Morocco 2051 only - Jun 18 2:00 0 - |
| 1036 | Rule Morocco 2052 only - Apr 28 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1037 | Rule Morocco 2052 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 - |
| 1038 | Rule Morocco 2053 only - Apr 13 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1039 | Rule Morocco 2053 only - May 25 2:00 0 - |
| 1040 | Rule Morocco 2054 only - Apr 5 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1041 | Rule Morocco 2054 only - May 17 2:00 0 - |
| 1042 | Rule Morocco 2055 only - Mar 28 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1043 | Rule Morocco 2055 only - May 2 2:00 0 - |
| 1044 | Rule Morocco 2056 only - Mar 12 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1045 | Rule Morocco 2056 only - Apr 23 2:00 0 - |
| 1046 | Rule Morocco 2057 only - Mar 4 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1047 | Rule Morocco 2057 only - Apr 8 2:00 0 - |
| 1048 | Rule Morocco 2058 only - Feb 17 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1049 | Rule Morocco 2058 only - Mar 31 2:00 0 - |
| 1050 | Rule Morocco 2059 only - Feb 9 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1051 | Rule Morocco 2059 only - Mar 23 2:00 0 - |
| 1052 | Rule Morocco 2060 only - Feb 1 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1053 | Rule Morocco 2060 only - Mar 7 2:00 0 - |
| 1054 | Rule Morocco 2061 only - Jan 16 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1055 | Rule Morocco 2061 only - Feb 27 2:00 0 - |
| 1056 | Rule Morocco 2062 only - Jan 8 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1057 | Rule Morocco 2062 only - Feb 19 2:00 0 - |
| 1058 | Rule Morocco 2062 only - Dec 31 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1059 | Rule Morocco 2063 only - Feb 4 2:00 0 - |
| 1060 | Rule Morocco 2063 only - Dec 16 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1061 | Rule Morocco 2064 only - Jan 27 2:00 0 - |
| 1062 | Rule Morocco 2064 only - Dec 7 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1063 | Rule Morocco 2065 only - Jan 11 2:00 0 - |
| 1064 | Rule Morocco 2065 only - Nov 22 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1065 | Rule Morocco 2066 only - Jan 3 2:00 0 - |
| 1066 | Rule Morocco 2066 only - Nov 14 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1067 | Rule Morocco 2066 only - Dec 26 2:00 0 - |
| 1068 | Rule Morocco 2067 only - Nov 6 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1069 | Rule Morocco 2067 only - Dec 11 2:00 0 - |
| 1070 | Rule Morocco 2068 only - Oct 21 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1071 | Rule Morocco 2068 only - Dec 2 2:00 0 - |
| 1072 | Rule Morocco 2069 only - Oct 13 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1073 | Rule Morocco 2069 only - Nov 24 2:00 0 - |
| 1074 | Rule Morocco 2070 only - Oct 5 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1075 | Rule Morocco 2070 only - Nov 9 2:00 0 - |
| 1076 | Rule Morocco 2071 only - Sep 20 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1077 | Rule Morocco 2071 only - Nov 1 2:00 0 - |
| 1078 | Rule Morocco 2072 only - Sep 11 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1079 | Rule Morocco 2072 only - Oct 16 2:00 0 - |
| 1080 | Rule Morocco 2073 only - Aug 27 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1081 | Rule Morocco 2073 only - Oct 8 2:00 0 - |
| 1082 | Rule Morocco 2074 only - Aug 19 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1083 | Rule Morocco 2074 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 - |
| 1084 | Rule Morocco 2075 only - Aug 11 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1085 | Rule Morocco 2075 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 - |
| 1086 | Rule Morocco 2076 only - Jul 26 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1087 | Rule Morocco 2076 only - Sep 6 2:00 0 - |
| 1088 | Rule Morocco 2077 only - Jul 18 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1089 | Rule Morocco 2077 only - Aug 29 2:00 0 - |
| 1090 | Rule Morocco 2078 only - Jul 10 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1091 | Rule Morocco 2078 only - Aug 14 2:00 0 - |
| 1092 | Rule Morocco 2079 only - Jun 25 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1093 | Rule Morocco 2079 only - Aug 6 2:00 0 - |
| 1094 | Rule Morocco 2080 only - Jun 16 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1095 | Rule Morocco 2080 only - Jul 21 2:00 0 - |
| 1096 | Rule Morocco 2081 only - Jun 1 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1097 | Rule Morocco 2081 only - Jul 13 2:00 0 - |
| 1098 | Rule Morocco 2082 only - May 24 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1099 | Rule Morocco 2082 only - Jul 5 2:00 0 - |
| 1100 | Rule Morocco 2083 only - May 16 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1101 | Rule Morocco 2083 only - Jun 20 2:00 0 - |
| 1102 | Rule Morocco 2084 only - Apr 30 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1103 | Rule Morocco 2084 only - Jun 11 2:00 0 - |
| 1104 | Rule Morocco 2085 only - Apr 22 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1105 | Rule Morocco 2085 only - Jun 3 2:00 0 - |
| 1106 | Rule Morocco 2086 only - Apr 14 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1107 | Rule Morocco 2086 only - May 19 2:00 0 - |
| 1108 | Rule Morocco 2087 only - Mar 30 3:00 -1:00 - |
| 1109 | Rule Morocco 2087 only - May 11 2:00 0 - |
| 1110 | # For dates after the somewhat-arbitrary cutoff of 2087, assume that |
| 1111 | # Morocco will no longer observe DST. At some point this table will |
| 1112 | # need to be extended, though quite possibly Morocco will change the |
| 1113 | # rules first. |
| 1114 | |
| 1115 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1116 | Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 |
| 1117 | 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 1984 Mar 16 |
| 1118 | 1:00 - +01 1986 |
| 1119 | 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00 |
| 1120 | 1:00 Morocco +01/+00 |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | # Western Sahara |
| 1123 | # |
| 1124 | # From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22): |
| 1125 | # A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters |
| 1126 | # ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as |
| 1127 | # Morocco does. |
| 1128 | # |
| 1129 | # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23): |
| 1130 | # Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, |
| 1131 | # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 | Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún |
| 1134 | -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14 |
| 1135 | 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00 |
| 1136 | 1:00 Morocco +01/+00 |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | # Mozambique |
| 1139 | # |
| 1140 | # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT. |
| 1141 | # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree |
| 1142 | # https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf |
| 1143 | # merely made it official? |
| 1144 | # |
| 1145 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1146 | Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar |
| 1147 | 2:00 - CAT |
| 1148 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi |
| 1149 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi |
| 1150 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana |
| 1151 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe |
| 1152 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda |
| 1153 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo |
| 1154 | Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia |
| 1155 | |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | # Namibia |
| 1158 | |
| 1159 | # From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09): |
| 1160 | # The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at |
| 1161 | # www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf |
| 1162 | # and includes this nugget: |
| 1163 | # Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the |
| 1164 | # first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall |
| 1165 | # commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on |
| 1166 | # Sunday 4 September 1994. |
| 1167 | |
| 1168 | # From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06): |
| 1169 | # ... both summer and winter time are called "standard" |
| 1170 | # (which differs from the use in Ireland) ... |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): |
| 1173 | # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html |
| 1174 | # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other |
| 1175 | # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there |
| 1176 | # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of |
| 1177 | # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of |
| 1178 | # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest |
| 1179 | # of the country. |
| 1180 | # |
| 1181 | # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22): |
| 1182 | # Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally |
| 1183 | # observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice. |
| 1184 | # In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. |
| 1185 | # See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23. |
| 1186 | # https://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-08-09): |
| 1189 | # Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST: |
| 1190 | # https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ |
| 1191 | # This video is from the government decision: |
| 1192 | # https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665 |
| 1193 | # We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at |
| 1194 | # the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September: |
| 1195 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html |
| 1196 | |
| 1197 | # From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09): |
| 1198 | # Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally. |
| 1199 | # However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST. See, e.g.: |
| 1200 | # http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706 |
| 1201 | # https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia |
| 1202 | # https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ |
| 1203 | # Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible |
| 1204 | # with Namibia's neighbors. |
| 1205 | |
| 1206 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 1207 | # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. |
| 1208 | Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 -1:00 WAT |
| 1209 | Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 CAT |
| 1210 | Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -1:00 WAT |
| 1211 | # Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk. |
| 1212 | #Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 WAT |
| 1213 | #Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 CAT |
| 1214 | #Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 WAT |
| 1215 | # End of rearguard section. |
| 1216 | |
| 1217 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1218 | Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 |
| 1219 | 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar |
| 1220 | 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 |
| 1221 | 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 |
| 1222 | 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence |
| 1223 | # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST. |
| 1224 | 2:00 Namibia %s |
| 1225 | # Rearguard section, for parsers lacking negative DST; see ziguard.awk. |
| 1226 | # 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 |
| 1227 | # From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07): |
| 1228 | # The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24. See: |
| 1229 | # http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf |
| 1230 | # 1:00 Namibia %s 2017 Oct 24 |
| 1231 | # 2:00 - CAT |
| 1232 | # End of rearguard section. |
| 1233 | |
| 1234 | # Niger |
| 1235 | # See Africa/Lagos. |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | # Nigeria |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | # From P Chan (2020-12-03): |
| 1240 | # GMT was adopted as the standard time of Lagos on 1905-07-01. |
| 1241 | # Lagos Weekly Record, 1905-06-24, p 3 |
| 1242 | # http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558#?c=0&m=668&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1446%2C5221%2C1931%2C1235 |
| 1243 | # says "It is officially notified that on and after the 1st of July 1905 |
| 1244 | # Greenwich Mean Solar Time will be adopted thought the Colony and |
| 1245 | # Protectorate, and that it will be necessary to put all clocks 13 minutes and |
| 1246 | # 35 seconds back, recording local mean time." |
| 1247 | # |
| 1248 | # It seemed that Lagos returned to LMT on 1908-07-01. |
| 1249 | # [The Lagos Standard], 1908-07-01, p 5 |
| 1250 | # http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31556#?c=0&m=78&s=0&cv=4&r=0&xywh=-92%2C3590%2C3944%2C2523 |
| 1251 | # says "Scarcely have the people become accustomed to this new time, when |
| 1252 | # another official notice has now appeared announcing that from and after the |
| 1253 | # 1st July next, return will be made to local mean time." |
| 1254 | # |
| 1255 | # From P Chan (2020-11-27): |
| 1256 | # On 1914-01-01, standard time of GMT+0:30 was adopted for the unified Nigeria. |
| 1257 | # Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 878. Nigeria. Report for 1914. (April 1916), |
| 1258 | # p 27 |
| 1259 | # https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1914/3064634_1914_opt.pdf#page=27 |
| 1260 | # "On January 1st [1914], a universal standard time for Nigeria was adopted, |
| 1261 | # viz., half an hour fast on Greenwich mean time, corresponding to the meridian |
| 1262 | # 7 [degrees] 30' E. long." |
| 1263 | # Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1915) says "Hitherto the time observed in Lagos |
| 1264 | # was the local mean time. On 1st January, 1914, standard time for the whole of |
| 1265 | # Nigeria was introduced ... Lagos time has been advanced about 16 minutes |
| 1266 | # accordingly." |
| 1267 | # |
| 1268 | # In 1919, standard time was changed to GMT+1. |
| 1269 | # Interpretation Ordinance (Cap 2) |
| 1270 | # The Laws of Nigeria, Containing the Ordinances of Nigeria, in Force on the |
| 1271 | # 1st Day of January, 1923, Vol.I [p 16] |
| 1272 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=BOMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16 |
| 1273 | # "The expression 'Standard time' means standard time as used in Nigeria: |
| 1274 | # namely, 60 minutes in advance of Greenwich mean time. (As amended by 18 of |
| 1275 | # 1919, s. 2.)" |
| 1276 | # From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10): |
| 1277 | # The Lagos Weekly Record, 1919-09-20, p 3 details discussion on the first |
| 1278 | # reading of this Bill by the Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria on |
| 1279 | # Thursday 1919-08-28: |
| 1280 | # http://ddsnext.crl.edu/titles/31558?terms&item_id=303484#?m=1118&c=1&s=0&cv=2&r=0&xywh=1261%2C3408%2C2994%2C1915 |
| 1281 | # "The proposal is that the Globe should be divided into twelve zones East and |
| 1282 | # West of Greenwich, of one hour each, Nigeria falling into the zone with a |
| 1283 | # standard of one hour fast on Greenwich Mean Time. Nigeria standard time is |
| 1284 | # now 30 minutes in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ... according to the new |
| 1285 | # proposal, standard time will be advanced another 30 minutes". It was further |
| 1286 | # proposed that the firing of the time guns likewise be adjusted by 30 minutes |
| 1287 | # to compensate. |
| 1288 | # From Tim Parenti (2020-12-10), per P Chan (2020-12-11): |
| 1289 | # The text of Ordinance 18 of 1919, published in Nigeria Gazette, Vol 6, No 52, |
| 1290 | # shows that the change was assented to the following day and took effect "on |
| 1291 | # the 1st day of September, 1919." |
| 1292 | # Nigeria Gazette and Supplements 1919 Jan-Dec, Reference: 73266B-40, |
| 1293 | # img 245-246 |
| 1294 | # https://microform.digital/boa/collections/77/volumes/539/nigeria-lagos-1887-1919 |
| 1295 | |
| 1296 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1297 | Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:35 - LMT 1905 Jul 1 |
| 1298 | 0:00 - GMT 1908 Jul 1 |
| 1299 | 0:13:35 - LMT 1914 Jan 1 |
| 1300 | 0:30 - +0030 1919 Sep 1 |
| 1301 | 1:00 - WAT |
| 1302 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui # Central African Republic |
| 1303 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo |
| 1304 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala # Cameroon |
| 1305 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west) |
| 1306 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville # Gabon |
| 1307 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda # Angola |
| 1308 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo # Equatorial Guinea |
| 1309 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey # Niger |
| 1310 | Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo # Benin |
| 1311 | |
| 1312 | # Réunion |
| 1313 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1314 | Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis |
| 1315 | 4:00 - +04 |
| 1316 | # |
| 1317 | # Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. |
| 1318 | # The following information about them is taken from |
| 1319 | # Îles Éparses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, |
| 1320 | # in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). |
| 1321 | # We have no info about their time zone histories. |
| 1322 | # |
| 1323 | # Bassas da India - uninhabited |
| 1324 | # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families |
| 1325 | # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958 |
| 1326 | # Juan de Nova - uninhabited |
| 1327 | # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958 |
| 1328 | |
| 1329 | # Rwanda |
| 1330 | # See Africa/Maputo. |
| 1331 | |
| 1332 | # St Helena |
| 1333 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 1334 | # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: |
| 1335 | # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA |
| 1336 | # Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA |
| 1337 | # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): |
| 1338 | # on GMT, says the CIA |
| 1339 | # Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited |
| 1340 | |
| 1341 | # São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 | # See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition. |
| 1344 | |
| 1345 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08): |
| 1346 | # Multiple sources tell that São Tomé changed from UTC to UTC+1 as |
| 1347 | # they entered the year 2018. |
| 1348 | # From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08): |
| 1349 | # the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017] |
| 1350 | # http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017 |
| 1351 | |
| 1352 | # From Vadim Nasardinov (2018-12-29): |
| 1353 | # São Tomé and Príncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019: |
| 1354 | # https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/ |
| 1355 | # |
| 1356 | # From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30): |
| 1357 | # https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818 |
| 1358 | # ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal |
| 1359 | # coordinated time, will be restituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.] |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 | Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 |
| 1362 | -0:36:45 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 00:00u # Lisbon MT |
| 1363 | 0:00 - GMT 2018 Jan 1 01:00 |
| 1364 | 1:00 - WAT 2019 Jan 1 02:00 |
| 1365 | 0:00 - GMT |
| 1366 | |
| 1367 | # Senegal |
| 1368 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 1369 | |
| 1370 | # Seychelles |
| 1371 | |
| 1372 | # From P Chan (2020-11-27): |
| 1373 | # Standard Time was adopted on 1907-01-01. |
| 1374 | # |
| 1375 | # Standard Time Ordinance (Chapter 237) |
| 1376 | # The Laws of Seychelles in Force on the 31st December, 1971, Vol. 6, p 571 |
| 1377 | # https://books.google.com/books?id=efE-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA571 |
| 1378 | # |
| 1379 | # From Tim Parenti (2020-12-05): |
| 1380 | # A footnote on https://books.google.com/books?id=DYdDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1689 |
| 1381 | # confirms that Ordinance No. 9 of 1906 "was brought into force on the 1st |
| 1382 | # January, 1907." |
| 1383 | |
| 1384 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1385 | Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1907 Jan 1 # Victoria |
| 1386 | 4:00 - +04 |
| 1387 | # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): |
| 1388 | # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the |
| 1389 | # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory |
| 1390 | # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know |
| 1391 | # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now. |
| 1392 | # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. |
| 1393 | |
| 1394 | # Sierra Leone |
| 1395 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 1396 | |
| 1397 | # Somalia |
| 1398 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 1399 | |
| 1400 | # South Africa |
| 1401 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 1402 | Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 - |
| 1403 | Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - |
| 1404 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1405 | Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 |
| 1406 | 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar |
| 1407 | 2:00 SA SAST |
| 1408 | Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho |
| 1409 | Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Eswatini |
| 1410 | # |
| 1411 | # Marion and Prince Edward Is |
| 1412 | # scientific station since 1947 |
| 1413 | # no information |
| 1414 | |
| 1415 | # Sudan |
| 1416 | |
| 1417 | # From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html> |
| 1418 | # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13), |
| 1419 | # also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: |
| 1420 | # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon |
| 1421 | # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for |
| 1422 | # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. |
| 1423 | |
| 1424 | # From Ahmed Atyya, National Telecommunications Corp. (NTC), Sudan (2017-10-17): |
| 1425 | # ... the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT+3:00) |
| 1426 | # to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017. |
| 1427 | # |
| 1428 | # From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18): |
| 1429 | # A scanned copy (in Arabic) of Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the |
| 1430 | # year 2017 can be found as an attachment in email today from Yahia |
| 1431 | # Abdalla of NTC, archived at: |
| 1432 | # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 1435 | Rule Sudan 1970 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 1436 | Rule Sudan 1970 1985 - Oct 15 0:00 0 - |
| 1437 | Rule Sudan 1971 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 S |
| 1438 | Rule Sudan 1972 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 S |
| 1439 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1440 | Zone Africa/Khartoum 2:10:08 - LMT 1931 |
| 1441 | 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 |
| 1442 | 3:00 - EAT 2017 Nov 1 |
| 1443 | 2:00 - CAT |
| 1444 | |
| 1445 | # South Sudan |
| 1446 | |
| 1447 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2021-01-18): |
| 1448 | # "South Sudan will change its time zone by setting the clock back 1 |
| 1449 | # hour on February 1, 2021...." |
| 1450 | # from https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adopts-new-time-zone-makuei/ |
| 1451 | |
| 1452 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1453 | Zone Africa/Juba 2:06:28 - LMT 1931 |
| 1454 | 2:00 Sudan CA%sT 2000 Jan 15 12:00 |
| 1455 | 3:00 - EAT 2021 Feb 1 00:00 |
| 1456 | 2:00 - CAT |
| 1457 | |
| 1458 | # Tanzania |
| 1459 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 1460 | |
| 1461 | # Togo |
| 1462 | # See Africa/Abidjan. |
| 1463 | |
| 1464 | # Tunisia |
| 1465 | |
| 1466 | # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): |
| 1467 | # My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, |
| 1468 | # this time in Tunisia. According to Yahoo France News |
| 1469 | # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP |
| 1470 | # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by |
| 1471 | # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1. Henceforth, Tunisian time will be |
| 1472 | # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1. The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next |
| 1473 | # Saturday." (My translation) |
| 1474 | # |
| 1475 | # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): |
| 1476 | # La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... |
| 1477 | # http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html |
| 1478 | # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30, |
| 1479 | # 1h standard time. |
| 1480 | # |
| 1481 | # From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28): |
| 1482 | # The daylight saving time will be the same each year: |
| 1483 | # Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 |
| 1484 | # Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... |
| 1485 | # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 |
| 1486 | |
| 1487 | # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): |
| 1488 | # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. |
| 1489 | # (Arabic) |
| 1490 | # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 |
| 1491 | # https://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp |
| 1492 | # |
| 1493 | # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. |
| 1494 | # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: |
| 1495 | # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html |
| 1496 | |
| 1497 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): |
| 1498 | # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency |
| 1499 | # |
| 1500 | # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): |
| 1501 | # |
| 1502 | # (in English) |
| 1503 | # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 |
| 1504 | # |
| 1505 | # (in Arabic) |
| 1506 | # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 |
| 1507 | |
| 1508 | # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18): |
| 1509 | # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is |
| 1510 | # due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period |
| 1511 | # concerned by summer time. Therefore, the standard time will be kept |
| 1512 | # unchanged the whole year long." So foregoing DST seems to be an exception |
| 1513 | # (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). |
| 1514 | |
| 1515 | # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): |
| 1516 | # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 |
| 1517 | # |
| 1518 | # (translation): |
| 1519 | # "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on |
| 1520 | # Sunday... |
| 1521 | # Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also |
| 1522 | # coincided with the month of Ramadan..." |
| 1523 | # |
| 1524 | # (in Arabic) |
| 1525 | # http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 |
| 1526 | # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 |
| 1527 | # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html |
| 1528 | |
| 1529 | # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 1530 | Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 1531 | Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Nov 18 23:00s 0 - |
| 1532 | Rule Tunisia 1940 only - Feb 25 23:00s 1:00 S |
| 1533 | Rule Tunisia 1941 only - Oct 6 0:00 0 - |
| 1534 | Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Mar 9 0:00 1:00 S |
| 1535 | Rule Tunisia 1942 only - Nov 2 3:00 0 - |
| 1536 | Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Mar 29 2:00 1:00 S |
| 1537 | Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 17 2:00 0 - |
| 1538 | Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Apr 25 2:00 1:00 S |
| 1539 | Rule Tunisia 1943 only - Oct 4 2:00 0 - |
| 1540 | Rule Tunisia 1944 1945 - Apr Mon>=1 2:00 1:00 S |
| 1541 | Rule Tunisia 1944 only - Oct 8 0:00 0 - |
| 1542 | Rule Tunisia 1945 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 - |
| 1543 | Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Apr 30 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1544 | Rule Tunisia 1977 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - |
| 1545 | Rule Tunisia 1978 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1546 | Rule Tunisia 1978 only - Oct 1 0:00s 0 - |
| 1547 | Rule Tunisia 1988 only - Jun 1 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1548 | Rule Tunisia 1988 1990 - Sep lastSun 0:00s 0 - |
| 1549 | Rule Tunisia 1989 only - Mar 26 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1550 | Rule Tunisia 1990 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1551 | Rule Tunisia 2005 only - May 1 0:00s 1:00 S |
| 1552 | Rule Tunisia 2005 only - Sep 30 1:00s 0 - |
| 1553 | Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
| 1554 | Rule Tunisia 2006 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 1555 | |
| 1556 | # See Europe/Paris commentary for PMT-related transitions. |
| 1557 | # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 1558 | Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 |
| 1559 | 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time |
| 1560 | 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT |
| 1561 | |
| 1562 | # Uganda |
| 1563 | # See Africa/Nairobi. |
| 1564 | |
| 1565 | # Zambia |
| 1566 | # Zimbabwe |
| 1567 | # See Africa/Maputo. |