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index b84d6dcd209..f0cf017fd2b 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/africa
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# @(#)africa 7.25
+# @(#)africa 7.28
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1997-10-05):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
#
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
-# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
-# Oxford University Press (1980).
+# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997).
#
# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
@@ -207,9 +206,9 @@ Rule Egypt 1984 1988 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 S
Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S
# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
-# Go with IATA starting in 1995.
+# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr Fri>=22 0:00s 1:00 S
-Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastFri 23:00s 0 -
+Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct
@@ -470,7 +469,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown
# 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
-# Gough (scientific station since 1955): on GMT, says 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
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00.
#
# Marion and Prince Edward Is
-# weather station since 1947
+# scientific station since 1947
# no information
# Sudan