X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=timezone%2Fafrica;h=141365cce3a37a50ce7322dc20d063c85bcf7ec6;hb=0479e5819b90cdc64d52764c5cd7739439188682;hp=a38818f6594c9c912f2110489c8f85c0719ddf71;hpb=f962d792472c45c9bccdc6b0697ad3d6350e9270;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fglibc.git diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa index a38818f..141365c 100644 --- a/timezone/africa +++ b/timezone/africa @@ -1,35 +1,35 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.24 +# @(#)africa 8.7 +# 
 
 # 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  (1997-10-05):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
+# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
 #
-# Gwillim Law  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
 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
 #
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
-# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
+# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
 #
 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
 # 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, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
 #
 # 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
+# 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
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # 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
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 # Algeria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun<=7	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
-Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon<=7	 2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
 Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
-# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
+# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
+# more precise 0:09:21.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15 0:01
 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
@@ -102,11 +103,12 @@ 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
-# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934; go with Shanks.
+# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1946, not 1934;
+# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Porto-Novo	0:10:28	-	LMT	1912
 			0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Cameroon
-# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks.
+# Whitman says they switched to 1:00 in 1920; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Douala	0:38:48	-	LMT	1912
 			1:00	-	WAT
@@ -206,9 +208,17 @@ Rule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
 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 Shanks.
-Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Sep	lastFri	3:00	0	-
+# IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
+# Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
+Rule	Egypt	1995	max	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	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	2007	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -222,15 +232,15 @@ Zone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
 
 # Eritrea
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Asmera	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
-			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmera Mean Time
+Zone	Africa/Asmara	2:35:32 -	LMT	1870
+			2:35:32	-	AMT	1890	      # Asmara Mean Time
 			2:35:20	-	ADMT	1936 May 5    # Adis Dera MT
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Ethiopia
-# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
-# Shanks writes that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time zones between
-# 1870 and 1890, and that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in 1890.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger 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.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa	2:34:48 -	LMT	1870
@@ -251,7 +261,8 @@ Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
 
 # 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.
+# 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
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -276,7 +287,7 @@ 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
@@ -287,15 +298,14 @@ Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 			2:00	-	SAST
 
 # Liberia
-# From Paul Eggert  (1993-11-18):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
-# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 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
-# each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
-#
-# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman:
+# Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
+# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
+# Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
 			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
@@ -319,19 +329,18 @@ 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	1990	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Mar	30	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1996	only	-	Sep	30	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	Libya	1997	max	-	Mar	lastThu	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Libya	1997	max	-	Oct	Thu>=1	2:00s	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
 			2:00	-	EET	1982
-			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1991
-			2:00	-	EET	1996 Mar 30 3:00
-			1:00	Libya	CE%sT
+			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
+# The following entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
+# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors.
+			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
+			1:00	-	CET	1997 Apr  4
+			1:00	1:00	CEST	1997 Oct  4
+			2:00	-	EET
 
 # Madagascar
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -351,9 +360,6 @@ Zone	Africa/Bamako	-0:32:00 -	LMT	1912
 			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
 			-1:00	-	WAT	1960 Jun 20
 			 0:00	-	GMT
-# no longer different from Bamako, but too famous to omit
-Zone	Africa/Timbuktu	-0:12:04 -	LMT	1912
-			 0:00	-	GMT
 
 # Mauritania
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -408,8 +414,8 @@ Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Namibia
-# Shanks says DST transitions are at 0:00; go with IATA.
-# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks.
+# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Namibia	1994	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Namibia	1995	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
@@ -441,10 +447,9 @@ Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun	# Saint-Denis
 #
 # Scattered Islands (Iles Eparses) administered from Reunion are as follows.
 # The following information about them is taken from
-# 
-# Iles Eparses
-# 
-# (1997-07-22, in French).  We have no info about their time zone histories.
+# Iles Eparses (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
 # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
@@ -458,9 +463,6 @@ Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
 			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # St Helena
-# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05):
-# Shanks says St Helena was 1W26 (-0:05:44) from 1890 to 1951,
-# but this is most likely a typo for 5W42, the longitude of Jamestown.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Atlantic/St_Helena	-0:22:48 -	LMT	1890		# Jamestown
 			-0:22:48 -	JMT	1951	# Jamestown Mean Time
@@ -468,7 +470,8 @@ 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
@@ -487,10 +490,16 @@ 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
-# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks.
+# Whitman gives Mar 31 - Aug 31 for 1931 on; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 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
@@ -516,18 +525,19 @@ Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
 			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
 			2:00	SA	SAST
-# Shanks erroneously claims that most of South Africa switched to 1:00
-# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00.
-#
 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
-# weather station since 1947
+# scientific station since 1947
 # no information
 
 # Sudan
-# From Michael Ross  (1995-11-15):
-# Sudan no longer observes any form of daylight time change.
-# I verified this today by telephone with the Sudan Mission to the
-# United Nations: 212-573-6033
+#
+# From 
+# Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13)
+# , also reported by Michael 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.
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
@@ -535,7 +545,8 @@ Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
-			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT
+			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
+			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Swaziland
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -546,7 +557,7 @@ 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
@@ -555,6 +566,28 @@ Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
 			0:00	-	GMT
 
 # Tunisia
+
+# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
+# My correspondent, Risto Nykanen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
+# this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
+# , in a story attributed to AP
+# and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
+# one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
+# UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
+# Saturday."  (My translation)
+#
+# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
+# LaPresse, the first national daily newspaper ...
+# 
+# ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
+# 1h standard time.
+#
+# From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
+# The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
+# Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
+# Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
+# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
@@ -577,8 +610,13 @@ Rule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
-# Shanks gives 0:09 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's more precise 0:09:21.
-# Shanks says the 1911 switch occurred on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
+Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
+Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	Tunisia	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
+# Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
+# more precise 0:09:21.
+# Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11    # Paris Mean Time
@@ -589,7 +627,7 @@ 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