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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa index 05f0043b191..ef9a60326d6 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa +++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.41 2014/03/25 14:47:08 millert Exp $ -# <pre> +# $OpenBSD: africa,v 1.42 2014/08/15 16:48:58 millert Exp $ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -36,13 +35,13 @@ # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively, # but Mark R V Murray reports that -# `SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, -# `CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and -# `WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for -# the area that includes Nigeria is ``West Africa''. -# He has heard of ``Western Sahara Time'' for +0:00 but can find no reference. +# 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +2:00 in the country of South Africa, +# 'CAT' is commonly used for +2:00 in countries north of South Africa, and +# 'WAT' is probably the best name for +1:00, as the common phrase for +# the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa". +# He has heard of "Western Sahara Time" for +0:00 but can find no reference. # -# To make things confusing, `WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; +# To make things confusing, 'WAT' seems to have been used for -1:00 long ago; # I'd guess that this was because people needed _some_ name for -1:00, # and at the time, far west Africa was the only major land area in -1:00. # This usage is now obsolete, as the last use of -1:00 on the African @@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ # 2:00 SAST South Africa Standard Time # and Murray suggests the following abbreviation: # 1:00 WAT West Africa Time -# I realize that this leads to `WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 +# I realize that this leads to 'WAT' being used for both -1:00 and 1:00 # for times before 1976, but this is the best I can think of # until we get more information. # @@ -132,9 +131,7 @@ Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885 2:00 - CAT # Burkina Faso -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ouagadougou -0:06:04 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Burundi # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -162,7 +159,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bangui 1:14:20 - LMT 1912 # Chad # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 +Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14 1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8 1:00 - WAT @@ -184,10 +181,20 @@ Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9 Zone Africa/Brazzaville 1:01:08 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT -# Cote D'Ivoire +# Côte D'Ivoire / Ivory Coast # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Abidjan -0:16:08 - LMT 1912 0:00 - GMT +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako # Mali +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul # Gambia +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry # Guinea +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar # Senegal +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown # Sierra Leone +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome # Togo +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott # Mauritania +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso +Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe +Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -232,30 +239,26 @@ Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S # Egyptians would approve the cancellation." # # Egypt to cancel daylight saving time -# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168"> # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 -# </a> # or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html -# </a> Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday # after observing the daylight saving time since May. # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf -Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] +# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm -Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each @@ -289,15 +292,9 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. # -# [1] <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263"> -# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 -# </a> -# [2] <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53"> -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 -# </a> -# [3] <a href="http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/"> -# http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ -# </a> +# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 +# [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 +# [3] http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth @@ -307,14 +304,10 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet # Information and Decision Support Center: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html -# </a> # # The Middle East News Agency -# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx"> # http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx -# </a> # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, @@ -322,25 +315,94 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 23:00s 0 - # (at least today). # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20): -# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has +# According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during # Ramadan. # # Arabic translation: -# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" -# <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again"> +# "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again" # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again -# </a> -# or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html -# </a> -Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 23:00s 0 - -Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 23:00s 0 - -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 11 0:00 0 - -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 10 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): +# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 +# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx + +# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13): +# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00) + +# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04): +# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes +# in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at +# http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ... +# [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ... +# translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to +# take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014, +# to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014, +# and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve +# o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014." This statement has been +# reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]... +# http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258 + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04): +# Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says +# the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited +# above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption. There is +# no information about when DST will end this fall. See: +# http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833 +# +# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use +# 2010's rules, and guess that Egypt will switch to standard time at +# 24:00 the last Thursday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 00:00 the +# first Friday after Ramadan. To implement this, +# transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were determined by running +# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the results integrated +# by hand into the table below. Ramadan again intrudes on the guessed +# DST starting in 2038, but that's beyond our somewhat-arbitrary cutoff. +# (let ((islamic-year 1436)) +# (while (< islamic-year 1460) +# (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) +# (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))) +# (friday 5)) +# (while (/= friday (mod a 7)) +# (setq a (1- a))) +# (while (/= friday (mod b 7)) +# (setq b (1+ b))) +# (setq a (1- a)) +# (setq b (1- b)) +# (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) +# (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) +# (insert +# (format +# (concat "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t0\t-\n" +# "Rule\tEgypt\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t24:00\t1:00\tS\n") +# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) +# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) +# (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) +Rule Egypt 2008 only - Aug lastThu 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2009 only - Aug 20 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Aug 10 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep 9 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2010 only - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2014 only - May 15 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jun 26 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2014 only - Jul 31 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2014 max - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2015 2019 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jun 11 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2015 only - Jul 23 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jun 2 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2016 only - Jul 7 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2017 only - May 25 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2017 only - Jun 29 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2018 only - May 10 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2018 only - Jun 14 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2019 only - May 2 24:00 0 - +Rule Egypt 2019 only - Jun 6 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2020 only - May 28 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2021 only - May 13 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2022 only - May 5 24:00 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 2023 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct @@ -360,10 +422,15 @@ Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 3:00 - EAT # Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones -# between 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890. -# We'll guess that 38E50 is for Adis Dera. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): +# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a +# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our +# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time +# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in +# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 +# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data are wrong anyway. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT @@ -375,28 +442,24 @@ Zone Africa/Libreville 0:37:48 - LMT 1912 1:00 - WAT # Gambia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Banjul -1:06:36 - LMT 1912 - -1:06:36 - BMT 1935 # Banjul Mean Time - -1:00 - WAT 1964 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Ghana # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; -# go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST -Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT +# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present"; +# Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942; +# and September 1 to January 1 is given by: +# Scott Keltie J, Epstein M (eds), The Statesman's Year-Book, +# 57th ed. Macmillan, London (1920), OCLC 609408015, pp xxviii. +# For lack of better info, assume DST was observed from 1920 to 1942. +Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST +Rule Ghana 1920 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918 0:00 Ghana %s # Guinea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Conakry -0:54:52 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Guinea-Bissau # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -504,18 +567,8 @@ Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT # Mali -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Bamako -0:32:00 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Jun 20 - 0:00 - GMT - # Mauritania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 - 0:00 - GMT 1934 Feb 26 - -1:00 - WAT 1960 Nov 28 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Mauritius @@ -539,9 +592,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): # According to -# <a href="http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216"> # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 -# </a> # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time @@ -560,18 +611,13 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # published on Monday, June 30, 2008... # # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction -# de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 -# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one. -# ... -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html"> +# de l'heure d'été" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 +# and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.... # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html -# </a> # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): # The Government of Mauritius weblink -# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD"> # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD -# </a> # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: # # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly @@ -581,33 +627,25 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the -# year 2008 - 2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 +# year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008 # and end on 29 March 2009. # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07): # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. -# <a href="http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf"> # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe # DST the coming summer... # # Some sources, in French: -# <a href="http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB"> # http://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 -# </a> -# <a href="http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints-"> # http://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- -# </a> # # Our wrap-up: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html -# </a> # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: @@ -631,7 +669,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou 3:00 - EAT # Morocco -# See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). +# See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between @@ -639,60 +677,43 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to -# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." +# Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." # -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html -# </a> -# OR -# <a href="http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html"> # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html -# </a> # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: -# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view"> # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view -# </a> # # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. # spokesman. # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): # According to this article: -# <a href="http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html"> # http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html -# </a> -# (and republished here: -# <a href="http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html"> -# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html -# </a> -# ) -# the changes occurs at midnight: +# (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>) +# the changes occur at midnight: # -# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be -# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday) -# sunday night the 28th at midnight +# Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be +# interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday) +# Sunday night the 28th at midnight # -# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say -# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and -# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive -# june1st to sept 27th. +# Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say +# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and +# Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive +# June 1st to Sept 27th. # # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree # published on the web. # # It's also confirmed here: -# <a href="http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm"> # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm -# </a> -# on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet -# posted in english). +# on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet +# posted in English). # -# The following google query will generate many relevant hits: -# <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search"> +# The following Google query will generate many relevant hits: # http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 @@ -700,47 +721,32 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # of September: # # One article about it (in French): -# <a href="http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default"> # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default -# </a> # # We have some further details posted here: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according # to many sources, such as -# <a href="http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html"> # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html -# </a> -# <a href="http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312"> # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 -# </a> # (French) # # Our summary: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html -# </a> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, -# Ministere de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics +# Ministère de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics # # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 june 1967) # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. # -# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf"> # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf -# </a> -# -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization @@ -748,14 +754,10 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. # # Example: -# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html"> # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html -# </a> # (French) # Our page: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html -# </a> # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) @@ -765,34 +767,20 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at # +212.537.71.84.00 -# <a href="http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/"> # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ -# </a> # They said that -# <a href="http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view"> # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view -# </a> # is the official publication to look at. # They said that the decision was already taken. # # More articles in the press -# <a href="http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev"> -# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev -# </a> -# e.html -# <a href="http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923"> +# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 -# </a> -# <a href="http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim"> # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim -# anche-prochain-5538.html -# </a> # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): # They have it written in English here: -# <a href="http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view"> # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view -# </a> # # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of @@ -800,20 +788,16 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # also been like that in the past. # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09): -# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), -# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: -# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été -# <a href="http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9"> +# According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), +# on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: +# Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 -# </a> # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) # except the month of Ramadan. # or (brief) -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html -# </a> # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in @@ -824,17 +808,13 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): # Seen Morocco change again: -# <a href="http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php"> # http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php -# </a> -# "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, -# comme annoncé précédemment." +# "...à partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars, +# comme annoncé précédemment." # From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): # The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: -# <a href="http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288"> # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] -# </a> # # Google translation, lightly edited: # Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) @@ -872,39 +852,36 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18): # http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp -# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-19): -# To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years, -# transition dates for 2014 through 2038 were determined by running -# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3: -# -# (let ((islamic-year 1435)) -# (while (< islamic-year 1461) -# (let ((a -# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute -# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))) -# (b -# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute -# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))))) -# (insert -# (format -# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n" -# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t %2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n") -# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) -# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) +# From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05): +# The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return +# to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time.... DST +# will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014.... +# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586 + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-05): +# For now, guess that later spring and fall transitions will use 2014's rules, +# and guess that Morocco will switch to standard time at 03:00 the last +# Saturday before Ramadan, and back to DST at 02:00 the first Saturday after +# Ramadan. To implement this, transition dates for 2015 through 2037 were +# determined by running the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3, with the +# results integrated by hand into the table below. +# (let ((islamic-year 1436)) +# (while (< islamic-year 1460) +# (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))) +# (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year))) +# (saturday 6)) +# (while (/= saturday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7))) +# (while (/= saturday (mod b 7)) +# (setq b (1+ b))) +# (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a)) +# (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b)) +# (insert +# (format +# (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t0\t-\n" +# "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t1:00\tS\n") +# (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a)) +# (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b))))) # (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year)))) -# -# with spring-forward transitions removed for 2023-2025, when the -# normal spring-forward date falls during the estimated Ramadan; with -# all transitions removed for 2026-2035, where the estimated Ramadan -# falls entirely outside daylight-saving time; and with fall-back -# transitions removed for 2036-2037, where the normal fall-back -# date falls during the estimated Ramadan. Normally, the table would -# stop after 2037 because 32-bit time_t values roll around early in 2038, -# but that would imply a prediction of perpetual DST after March 2038 -# due to the year-2037 glitches. So, this table instead stops after -# 2038, the first non-glitchy year after the 32-bit rollover. -# An advantage of stopping after 2038 is that it lets zic guess -# TZ='WET0WEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3' for time stamps far in the future. # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -926,46 +903,44 @@ Rule Morocco 1978 only - Aug 4 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2008 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2008 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2009 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2009 only - Aug 21 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2010 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Morocco 2010 only - Aug 8 0:00 0 - Rule Morocco 2011 only - Apr 3 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2013 2035 - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 2022 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 29 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jul 29 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 18 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 18 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 7 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 7 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 27 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jun 26 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 16 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 15 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 6 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 5 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 24 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 24 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 13 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 13 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2022 only - Apr 3 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 3 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 22 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 10 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2025 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 21 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 11 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2038 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - -Rule Morocco 2038 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Morocco 2038 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2011 only - Jul 31 0 0 - +Rule Morocco 2012 2013 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Jul 20 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2012 only - Aug 20 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2013 only - Jul 7 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2013 only - Aug 10 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2013 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2014 2022 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2014 only - Jun 28 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2014 only - Aug 2 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jun 13 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2015 only - Jul 18 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jun 4 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2016 only - Jul 9 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2017 only - May 20 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2017 only - Jul 1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2018 only - May 12 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2018 only - Jun 16 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2019 only - May 4 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2019 only - Jun 8 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2020 only - Apr 18 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2020 only - May 30 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2021 only - Apr 10 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2021 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2022 only - Apr 2 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2022 only - May 7 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2023 only - Apr 22 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2024 only - Apr 13 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2025 only - Apr 5 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Morocco 2035 only - Oct 27 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 18 3:00 0 - +Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 10 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 @@ -984,7 +959,7 @@ Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26 # Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT, # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco. -Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan +Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún -1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14 0:00 Morocco WE%sT @@ -1034,15 +1009,17 @@ Zone Africa/Niamey 0:08:28 - LMT 1912 Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:36 - LMT 1919 Sep 1:00 - WAT -# Reunion +# Réunion # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Reunion 3:41:52 - LMT 1911 Jun # Saint-Denis - 4:00 - RET # Reunion Time + 4:00 - RET # Réunion Time # -# Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows. +# Crozet Islands also observes Réunion time; see the 'antarctica' file. +# +# Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses) administered from Réunion are as follows. # The following information about them is taken from -# Iles Eparses (www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm, 1997-07-22, in French; -# no longer available as of 1999-08-17). +# Îles Éparses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22, +# in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17). # We have no info about their time zone histories. # # Bassas da India - uninhabited @@ -1057,28 +1034,17 @@ Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 2:00 - CAT # St Helena -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown - -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: # Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA -# Ascension: on GMT, says usno1995 and the CIA +# Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA # Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): # on GMT, says the CIA -# Inaccessible, Nightingale: no information, but probably GMT - -# Sao Tome and Principe -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Sao_Tome 0:26:56 - LMT 1884 - -0:36:32 - LMT 1912 # Lisbon Mean Time - 0:00 - GMT +# Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited +# São Tomé and Príncipe # Senegal -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dakar -1:09:44 - LMT 1912 - -1:00 - WAT 1941 Jun - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Seychelles # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1092,17 +1058,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria # Possibly the islands were uninhabited. # Sierra Leone -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger. -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Jun 1 0:00 0:40 SLST -Rule SL 1935 1942 - Oct 1 0:00 0 WAT -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 SLST -Rule SL 1957 1962 - Sep 1 0:00 0 GMT -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Freetown -0:53:00 - LMT 1882 - -0:53:00 - FMT 1913 Jun # Freetown Mean Time - -1:00 SL %s 1957 - 0:00 SL %s +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Somalia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1125,9 +1081,9 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 # Sudan # -# From <a href="http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html"> -# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13) -# </a>, also reported by Michael De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: +# From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html> +# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13), +# also reported by Michaël De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen: # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon # Saturday.... This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin. @@ -1158,14 +1114,12 @@ Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 3:00 - EAT # Togo -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 - 0:00 - GMT +# See Africa/Abidjan. # Tunisia # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30): -# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST, +# My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, 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 # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by @@ -1174,7 +1128,7 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # Saturday." (My translation) # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02): -# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ... +# La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ... # <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. @@ -1188,18 +1142,12 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. # (Arabic) -# <a href="http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546"> # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 -# </a> -# <a href="http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp"> # http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp -# </a> # # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html -# </a> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency @@ -1207,20 +1155,17 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): # # (in English) -# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157"> # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 -# </a> # # (in Arabic) -# <a href="http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1"> # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 -# </a> -# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): -# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact -# that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. -# Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." -# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). +# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18): +# The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is +# due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period +# concerned by summer time. Therefore, the standard time will be kept +# unchanged the whole year long." So foregoing DST seems to be an exception +# (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 @@ -1232,12 +1177,8 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # coincided with the month of Ramadan..." # # (in Arabic) -# <a href="http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1"> # http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 -# <a href="http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036"> # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 -# or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |