* timezone/africa: Update from tzdata2005i.

[platform/upstream/glibc.git] / timezone / africa

diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa
index 8a7467d..689c2c4 100644 (file)
--- a/timezone/africa
+++ b/timezone/africa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)africa   7.33
+# @(#)africa   7.37
 
 # 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
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #
 # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
 # for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
-# but Mark R V Murray <markm@iafrica.com> reports that
+# but Mark R V Murray <markm@grondar.za> 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
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
 #       2:00   WAST    West Africa Summer Time
 #       2:30   BEAT    British East Africa Time (no longer used)
-#       2:45   BEAUT   British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
+#       2:44:45 BEAUT  British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
 #       3:00   CAST    Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
 #       3:00   SAST    South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
 #       3:00   EAT     East Africa Time
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Zone        Africa/Algiers  0:12:12 -       LMT     1891 Mar 15 0:01
 # Angola
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Africa/Luanda   0:52:56 -       LMT     1892
-                       0:52:04 -       LMT     1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
+                       0:52:04 -       AOT     1911 May 26 # Angola Time
                        1:00    -       WAT
 
 # Benin
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Zone        Africa/Bissau   -1:02:20 -      LMT     1911 May 26
 Zone   Africa/Nairobi  2:27:16 -       LMT     1928 Jul
                        3:00    -       EAT     1930
                        2:30    -       BEAT    1940
-                       2:45    -       BEAUT   1960
+                       2:44:45 -       BEAUT   1960
                        3:00    -       EAT
 
 # Lesotho
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ Zone        Africa/Maseru   1:50:00 -       LMT     1903 Mar
                        2:00    -       SAST
 
 # Liberia
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2001-07-17):
 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
-# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
+# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
 # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
 # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks.
 # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Rule        Libya   1985    only    -       Apr      6      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Libya   1986    only    -       Apr      4      0:00    1:00    S
 Rule   Libya   1986    only    -       Oct      3      0:00    0       -
 Rule   Libya   1987    1989    -       Apr      1      0:00    1:00    S
-Rule   Libya   1987    1990    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
+Rule   Libya   1987    1989    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Africa/Tripoli  0:52:44 -       LMT     1920
                        1:00    Libya   CE%sT   1959
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ Zone       Africa/Dakar    -1:09:44 -      LMT     1912
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone   Indian/Mahe     3:41:48 -       LMT     1906 Jun        # Victoria
                        4:00    -       SCT     # Seychelles Time
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
+# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
+# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
+# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976.  We don't know
+# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
+# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
 
 # Sierra Leone
 # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
@@ -542,7 +548,7 @@ Zone        Africa/Mbabane  2:04:24 -       LMT     1903 Mar
 # Zone NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 -    LMT     1931
                        3:00    -       EAT     1948
-                       2:45    -       BEAUT   1961
+                       2:44:45 -       BEAUT   1961
                        3:00    -       EAT
 
 # Togo
@@ -585,7 +591,7 @@ Zone        Africa/Tunis    0:40:44 -       LMT     1881 May 12
 Zone   Africa/Kampala  2:09:40 -       LMT     1928 Jul
                        3:00    -       EAT     1930
                        2:30    -       BEAT    1948
-                       2:45    -       BEAUT   1957
+                       2:44:45 -       BEAUT   1957
                        3:00    -       EAT
 
 # Zambia