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      1  1.1.1.16  kre # tzdb data for Africa and environs
      2  1.1.1.16  kre 
      3       1.1  apb # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
      4       1.1  apb # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
      5       1.1  apb 
      6   1.1.1.2  apb # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
      7       1.1  apb # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
      8   1.1.1.2  apb # tz (a] iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
      9   1.1.1.2  apb # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
     10       1.1  apb 
     11  1.1.1.16  kre # From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27):
     12       1.1  apb #
     13   1.1.1.4  apb # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
     14       1.1  apb # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
     15       1.1  apb # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
     16   1.1.1.4  apb # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
     17       1.1  apb #
     18  1.1.1.10  kre # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
     19  1.1.1.10  kre # for time zone data was the International Air Transport
     20       1.1  apb # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
     21       1.1  apb # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
     22   1.1.1.4  apb # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
     23   1.1.1.4  apb # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
     24       1.1  apb #
     25       1.1  apb # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
     26       1.1  apb # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
     27       1.1  apb # I found in the UCLA library.
     28       1.1  apb #
     29       1.1  apb # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
     30   1.1.1.2  apb # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
     31  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
     32       1.1  apb #
     33       1.1  apb # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
     34       1.1  apb # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
     35       1.1  apb #
     36  1.1.1.10  kre # European-style abbreviations are commonly used along the Mediterranean.
     37  1.1.1.10  kre # For sub-Saharan Africa abbreviations were less standardized.
     38       1.1  apb # Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
     39  1.1.1.10  kre # for UT +00 through +03, respectively,
     40  1.1.1.10  kre # but in 1997 Mark R V Murray reported that
     41  1.1.1.10  kre # 'SAST' is the official abbreviation for +02 in the country of South Africa,
     42  1.1.1.10  kre # 'CAT' is commonly used for +02 in countries north of South Africa, and
     43  1.1.1.10  kre # 'WAT' is probably the best name for +01, as the common phrase for
     44       1.1  apb # the area that includes Nigeria is "West Africa".
     45       1.1  apb #
     46  1.1.1.10  kre # To summarize, the following abbreviations seemed to have some currency:
     47  1.1.1.10  kre #	 +00	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
     48  1.1.1.10  kre #	 +02	CAT	Central Africa Time
     49  1.1.1.10  kre #	 +02	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
     50  1.1.1.10  kre # and Murray suggested the following abbreviation:
     51  1.1.1.10  kre #	 +01	WAT	West Africa Time
     52  1.1.1.10  kre # Murray's suggestion seems to have caught on in news reports and the like.
     53  1.1.1.10  kre # I vaguely recall 'WAT' also being used for -01 in the past but
     54  1.1.1.10  kre # cannot now come up with solid citations.
     55       1.1  apb #
     56  1.1.1.16  kre # I invented the following abbreviations in the 1990s:
     57  1.1.1.16  kre #	 +02	WAST	West Africa Summer Time
     58  1.1.1.16  kre #	 +03	CAST	Central Africa Summer Time
     59  1.1.1.16  kre #	 +03	SAST	South Africa Summer Time
     60  1.1.1.10  kre #	 +03	EAT	East Africa Time
     61  1.1.1.16  kre # 'EAT' seems to have caught on and is in current timestamps, and though
     62  1.1.1.16  kre # the other abbreviations are rarer and are only in past timestamps,
     63  1.1.1.16  kre # they are paired with better-attested non-DST abbreviations.
     64  1.1.1.16  kre # Corrections are welcome.
     65       1.1  apb 
     66       1.1  apb # Algeria
     67       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
     68       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1916	only	-	Jun	14	23:00s	1:00	S
     69       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1916	1919	-	Oct	Sun>=1	23:00s	0	-
     70       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1917	only	-	Mar	24	23:00s	1:00	S
     71       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1918	only	-	Mar	 9	23:00s	1:00	S
     72       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1919	only	-	Mar	 1	23:00s	1:00	S
     73       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Feb	14	23:00s	1:00	S
     74       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1920	only	-	Oct	23	23:00s	0	-
     75       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Mar	14	23:00s	1:00	S
     76       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1921	only	-	Jun	21	23:00s	0	-
     77       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Sep	11	23:00s	1:00	S
     78       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 1:00	0	-
     79       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
     80       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
     81       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 1:00	0	-
     82       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Apr	25	23:00s	1:00	S
     83       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1971	only	-	Sep	26	23:00s	0	-
     84       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1977	only	-	May	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
     85       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1977	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	0	-
     86       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Mar	24	 1:00	1:00	S
     87       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1978	only	-	Sep	22	 3:00	0	-
     88       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	S
     89       1.1  apb Rule	Algeria	1980	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
     90       1.1  apb # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
     91       1.1  apb # more precise 0:09:21.
     92  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
     93   1.1.1.2  apb Zone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15  0:01
     94   1.1.1.2  apb 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
     95   1.1.1.2  apb 			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1940 Feb 25  2:00
     96       1.1  apb 			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1946 Oct  7
     97       1.1  apb 			0:00	-	WET	1956 Jan 29
     98       1.1  apb 			1:00	-	CET	1963 Apr 14
     99       1.1  apb 			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1977 Oct 21
    100       1.1  apb 			1:00	Algeria	CE%sT	1979 Oct 26
    101       1.1  apb 			0:00	Algeria	WE%sT	1981 May
    102       1.1  apb 			1:00	-	CET
    103       1.1  apb 
    104       1.1  apb # Angola
    105       1.1  apb # Benin
    106   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    107       1.1  apb 
    108       1.1  apb # Botswana
    109   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Maputo.
    110       1.1  apb 
    111       1.1  apb # Burkina Faso
    112       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
    113       1.1  apb 
    114       1.1  apb # Burundi
    115   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Maputo.
    116       1.1  apb 
    117       1.1  apb # Cameroon
    118   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    119       1.1  apb 
    120   1.1.1.9  kre # Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
    121   1.1.1.2  apb #
    122  1.1.1.14  kre # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
    123  1.1.1.10  kre # Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02.
    124  1.1.1.14  kre # For now, ignore that and follow the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
    125  1.1.1.14  kre # (see Europe/Lisbon).
    126   1.1.1.2  apb #
    127  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    128  1.1.1.14  kre Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 -	LMT	1912 Jan 01  2:00u # Praia
    129  1.1.1.10  kre 			-2:00	-	-02	1942 Sep
    130  1.1.1.10  kre 			-2:00	1:00	-01	1945 Oct 15
    131  1.1.1.10  kre 			-2:00	-	-02	1975 Nov 25  2:00
    132  1.1.1.10  kre 			-1:00	-	-01
    133       1.1  apb 
    134       1.1  apb # Central African Republic
    135   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    136       1.1  apb 
    137       1.1  apb # Chad
    138  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    139   1.1.1.2  apb Zone	Africa/Ndjamena	1:00:12 -	LMT	1912        # N'Djamena
    140       1.1  apb 			1:00	-	WAT	1979 Oct 14
    141       1.1  apb 			1:00	1:00	WAST	1980 Mar  8
    142       1.1  apb 			1:00	-	WAT
    143       1.1  apb 
    144       1.1  apb # Comoros
    145   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
    146       1.1  apb 
    147   1.1.1.2  apb # Democratic Republic of the Congo
    148   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern.
    149       1.1  apb 
    150       1.1  apb # Republic of the Congo
    151   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    152       1.1  apb 
    153   1.1.1.2  apb # Cte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
    154  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    155       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Abidjan	-0:16:08 -	LMT	1912
    156       1.1  apb 			 0:00	-	GMT
    157       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako	# Mali
    158       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul	# Gambia
    159       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry	# Guinea
    160       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar	# Senegal
    161       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown	# Sierra Leone
    162       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome		# Togo
    163       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott	# Mauritania
    164       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou	# Burkina Faso
    165       1.1  apb Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena	# St Helena
    166       1.1  apb 
    167       1.1  apb # Djibouti
    168   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
    169       1.1  apb 
    170       1.1  apb ###############################################################################
    171       1.1  apb 
    172       1.1  apb # Egypt
    173       1.1  apb 
    174       1.1  apb # Milne says Cairo used 2:05:08.9, the local mean time of the Abbasizeh
    175       1.1  apb # observatory; round to nearest.  Milne also says that the official time for
    176       1.1  apb # Egypt was mean noon at the Great Pyramid, 2:04:30.5, but apparently this
    177       1.1  apb # did not apply to Cairo, Alexandria, or Port Said.
    178       1.1  apb 
    179       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    180       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Jul	15	0:00	1:00	S
    181       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1940	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
    182       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Apr	15	0:00	1:00	S
    183       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1941	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	-
    184       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1942	1944	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
    185       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1942	only	-	Oct	27	0:00	0	-
    186       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1943	1945	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	-
    187       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1945	only	-	Apr	16	0:00	1:00	S
    188       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
    189       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1957	1958	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
    190       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1958	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
    191       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1959	1981	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
    192       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
    193       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1966	1994	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
    194       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1982	only	-	Jul	25	1:00	1:00	S
    195       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1983	only	-	Jul	12	1:00	1:00	S
    196       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1984	1988	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
    197       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1989	only	-	May	 6	1:00	1:00	S
    198       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1990	1994	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
    199       1.1  apb # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00.
    200       1.1  apb # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29.
    201       1.1  apb 
    202       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-04-20):
    203       1.1  apb # "...Egypt's interim cabinet decided on Wednesday to cancel daylight
    204       1.1  apb # saving time after a poll posted on its website showed the majority of
    205       1.1  apb # Egyptians would approve the cancellation."
    206       1.1  apb #
    207       1.1  apb # Egypt to cancel daylight saving time
    208       1.1  apb # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168
    209       1.1  apb # or
    210       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html
    211       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1995	2010	-	Apr	lastFri	 0:00s	1:00	S
    212       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	1995	2005	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
    213       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19):
    214       1.1  apb # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports:
    215       1.1  apb # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday
    216       1.1  apb # after observing the daylight saving time since May.
    217       1.1  apb # http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf
    218       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2006	only	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	-
    219       1.1  apb # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14):
    220       1.1  apb # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight
    221       1.1  apb # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07.
    222       1.1  apb # From Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:]
    223       1.1  apb # http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm
    224  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53
    225       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...:
    226       1.1  apb # http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm
    227       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	24:00	0	-
    228       1.1  apb # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06):
    229       1.1  apb # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter
    230       1.1  apb # than the year of the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts earlier each
    231       1.1  apb # year. This year it will be observed September 13 (September is quite
    232       1.1  apb # hot in Egypt), and the idea is to make fasting easier for workers by
    233       1.1  apb # shifting business hours one hour out of daytime heat. Consequently,
    234       1.1  apb # unless discontinued, next DST may end Thursday 28 August 2008.
    235       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
    236       1.1  apb # For lack of better info, assume the new rule is last Thursday in August.
    237       1.1  apb 
    238       1.1  apb # From Petr Machata (2009-04-06):
    239       1.1  apb # The following appeared in Red Hat bugzilla[1] (edited):
    240       1.1  apb #
    241       1.1  apb # > $ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2009
    242       1.1  apb # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 21:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
    243       1.1  apb # Apr 23
    244       1.1  apb # > 23:59:59 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
    245       1.1  apb # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Apr 23 22:00:00 2009 UTC = Fri =
    246       1.1  apb # Apr 24
    247       1.1  apb # > 01:00:00 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
    248       1.1  apb # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 20:59:59 2009 UTC = Thu =
    249       1.1  apb # Aug 27
    250       1.1  apb # > 23:59:59 2009 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
    251       1.1  apb # > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo  Thu Aug 27 21:00:00 2009 UTC = Thu =
    252       1.1  apb # Aug 27
    253       1.1  apb # > 23:00:00 2009 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
    254       1.1  apb #
    255       1.1  apb # > end date should be Thu Sep 24 2009 (Last Thursday in September at 23:59=
    256       1.1  apb # :59)
    257       1.1  apb # > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/
    258       1.1  apb #
    259       1.1  apb # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that.
    260       1.1  apb #
    261       1.1  apb # [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263
    262  1.1.1.12  kre # [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53
    263  1.1.1.12  kre # [3] https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/
    264       1.1  apb 
    265       1.1  apb # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20):
    266       1.1  apb # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
    267       1.1  apb # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
    268       1.1  apb # in September.
    269       1.1  apb 
    270       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
    271       1.1  apb # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet
    272       1.1  apb # Information and Decision Support Center:
    273  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
    274       1.1  apb #
    275       1.1  apb # The Middle East News Agency
    276  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
    277       1.1  apb # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
    278       1.1  apb # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT."
    279       1.1  apb # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
    280       1.1  apb # and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
    281       1.1  apb # (at least today).
    282       1.1  apb 
    283       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-07-20):
    284       1.1  apb # According to News from Egypt - Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt's cabinet has
    285       1.1  apb # decided that Daylight Saving Time will not be used in Egypt during
    286       1.1  apb # Ramadan.
    287       1.1  apb #
    288       1.1  apb # Arabic translation:
    289       1.1  apb # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan - and then forward again"
    290       1.1  apb # http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again
    291       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html
    292       1.1  apb 
    293       1.1  apb # From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
    294       1.1  apb # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
    295       1.1  apb # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
    296       1.1  apb 
    297   1.1.1.3  apb # From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13):
    298       1.1  apb # our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
    299       1.1  apb 
    300       1.1  apb # From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
    301       1.1  apb # We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
    302       1.1  apb # in Egypt.  The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
    303       1.1  apb # http://www.cabinet.gov.eg/Media/CabinetMeetingsDetails.aspx?id=347 ...
    304       1.1  apb # [T]his (Arabic) site is not accessible outside Egypt, but the page ...
    305       1.1  apb # translates into: "With regard to daylight saving time, it is scheduled to
    306       1.1  apb # take effect at exactly twelve o'clock this evening, Thursday, 15 MAY 2014,
    307       1.1  apb # to be suspended by twelve o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 26 JUN 2014,
    308       1.1  apb # and re-established again at the end of the month of Ramadan, at twelve
    309       1.1  apb # o'clock on the evening of Thursday, 31 JUL 2014."  This statement has been
    310       1.1  apb # reproduced by other (more accessible) sites[, e.g.,]...
    311       1.1  apb # http://elgornal.net/news/news.aspx?id=4699258
    312       1.1  apb 
    313       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-04):
    314       1.1  apb # Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath of AP report that the Egyptian government says
    315       1.1  apb # the change is because of blackouts in Cairo, even though Ahram Online (cited
    316       1.1  apb # above) says DST had no affect on electricity consumption.  There is
    317       1.1  apb # no information about when DST will end this fall.  See:
    318       1.1  apb # http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/el-sissi-pushes-egyptians-line-23614833
    319   1.1.1.5  apb 
    320   1.1.1.5  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-04-08):
    321   1.1.1.5  apb # Egypt will start DST on midnight after Thursday, April 30, 2015.
    322   1.1.1.5  apb # This is based on a law (no 35) from May 15, 2014 saying it starts the last
    323   1.1.1.5  apb # Thursday of April....  Clocks will still be turned back for Ramadan, but
    324   1.1.1.5  apb # dates not yet announced....
    325   1.1.1.5  apb # http://almogaz.com/news/weird-news/2015/04/05/1947105 ...
    326  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-starts-dst-2015.html
    327   1.1.1.5  apb 
    328   1.1.1.5  apb # From Ahmed Nazmy (2015-04-20):
    329   1.1.1.5  apb # Egypt's ministers cabinet just announced ... that it will cancel DST at
    330   1.1.1.5  apb # least for 2015.
    331   1.1.1.5  apb #
    332   1.1.1.5  apb # From Tim Parenti (2015-04-20):
    333   1.1.1.5  apb # http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/1/128195/Egypt/No-daylight-saving-this-summer-Egypts-prime-minist.aspx
    334   1.1.1.5  apb # "Egypt's cabinet agreed on Monday not to switch clocks for daylight saving
    335   1.1.1.5  apb # time this summer, and carry out studies on the possibility of canceling the
    336   1.1.1.5  apb # practice altogether in future years."
    337   1.1.1.5  apb #
    338   1.1.1.5  apb # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-24):
    339   1.1.1.5  apb # Yesterday the office of Egyptian President El-Sisi announced his
    340   1.1.1.5  apb # decision to abandon DST permanently.  See Ahram Online 2015-04-24.
    341   1.1.1.5  apb # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128509/Egypt/Politics-/Sisi-cancels-daylight-saving-time-in-Egypt.aspx
    342   1.1.1.5  apb 
    343   1.1.1.7  kre # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-04-29):
    344   1.1.1.7  kre # Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October....
    345   1.1.1.7  kre # http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx
    346   1.1.1.7  kre # From Mina Samuel (2016-07-04):
    347   1.1.1.7  kre # Egyptian government took the decision to cancel the DST,
    348   1.1.1.7  kre 
    349       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	24:00	0	-
    350       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	24:00	0	-
    351       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Aug	10	24:00	0	-
    352       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	 9	24:00	1:00	S
    353       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2010	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
    354       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2014	only	-	May	15	24:00	1:00	S
    355       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jun	26	24:00	0	-
    356       1.1  apb Rule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Jul	31	24:00	1:00	S
    357   1.1.1.5  apb Rule	Egypt	2014	only	-	Sep	lastThu	24:00	0	-
    358       1.1  apb 
    359  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    360       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:09 -	LMT	1900 Oct
    361       1.1  apb 			2:00	Egypt	EE%sT
    362       1.1  apb 
    363       1.1  apb # Equatorial Guinea
    364   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    365       1.1  apb 
    366       1.1  apb # Eritrea
    367  1.1.1.20  kre # See Africa/Nairobi.
    368  1.1.1.20  kre 
    369  1.1.1.20  kre # Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
    370  1.1.1.20  kre # See Africa/Johannesburg.
    371  1.1.1.20  kre 
    372       1.1  apb # Ethiopia
    373   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
    374  1.1.1.16  kre #
    375  1.1.1.16  kre # Unfortunately tzdb records only Western clock time in use in Ethiopia,
    376  1.1.1.16  kre # as the tzdb format is not up to properly recording a common Ethiopian
    377  1.1.1.16  kre # timekeeping practice that is based on solar time.  See:
    378  1.1.1.16  kre # Mortada D. If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double
    379  1.1.1.16  kre # check the time. PRI's The World. 2015-01-30 15:15 -05.
    380  1.1.1.16  kre # https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time
    381       1.1  apb 
    382       1.1  apb # Gabon
    383   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
    384       1.1  apb 
    385       1.1  apb # Gambia
    386       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
    387       1.1  apb 
    388       1.1  apb # Ghana
    389  1.1.1.14  kre 
    390  1.1.1.14  kre # From Paul Eggert (2018-01-30):
    391       1.1  apb # Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to "the present";
    392  1.1.1.14  kre # Shanks & Pottenger say 1936 to 1942 with 20 minutes of DST,
    393  1.1.1.14  kre # with transitions on 09-01 and 12-31 at 00:00.
    394  1.1.1.14  kre # Page 33 of Parish GCB, Colonial Reports - Annual. No. 1066. Gold
    395  1.1.1.14  kre # Coast. Report for 1919. (March 1921), OCLC 784024077
    396  1.1.1.14  kre # http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/africana/books2011-05/5530214/5530214_1919/5530214_1919_opt.pdf
    397  1.1.1.14  kre # lists the Determination of the Time Ordinance, 1919, No. 18,
    398  1.1.1.14  kre # "to advance the time observed locally by the space of twenty minutes
    399  1.1.1.14  kre # during the last four months of each year; the object in view being
    400  1.1.1.14  kre # to extend during those months the period of daylight-time available
    401  1.1.1.14  kre # for evening recreation after office hours."
    402  1.1.1.14  kre # Vanessa Ogle, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950 (2015), p 33,
    403  1.1.1.14  kre # writes "In 1919, the Gold Coast (Ghana as of 1957) made Greenwich
    404  1.1.1.14  kre # time its legal time and simultaneously legalized a summer time of
    405  1.1.1.14  kre # UTC - 00:20 minutes from March to October."; a footnote lists
    406  1.1.1.14  kre # the ordinance as being dated 1919-11-24.
    407  1.1.1.14  kre # The Crown Colonist, Volume 12 (1942), p 176, says "the Government
    408  1.1.1.14  kre # intend advancing Gold Coast time half an hour ahead of G.M.T.
    409  1.1.1.14  kre # The actual date of the alteration has not yet been announced."
    410  1.1.1.14  kre # These sources are incomplete and contradictory.  Possibly what is
    411  1.1.1.14  kre # now Ghana observed different DST regimes in different years.  For
    412  1.1.1.14  kre # lack of better info, use Shanks except treat the minus sign as a
    413  1.1.1.14  kre # typo, and assume DST started in 1920 not 1936.
    414  1.1.1.14  kre # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    415  1.1.1.14  kre Rule	Ghana	1920	1942	-	Sep	 1	0:00	0:20	-
    416  1.1.1.14  kre Rule	Ghana	1920	1942	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
    417  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    418       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Accra	-0:00:52 -	LMT	1918
    419  1.1.1.10  kre 			 0:00	Ghana	GMT/+0020
    420       1.1  apb 
    421       1.1  apb # Guinea
    422       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
    423       1.1  apb 
    424       1.1  apb # Guinea-Bissau
    425   1.1.1.2  apb #
    426  1.1.1.14  kre # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
    427   1.1.1.2  apb # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
    428   1.1.1.2  apb # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
    429  1.1.1.14  kre # (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect.
    430   1.1.1.2  apb #
    431  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    432  1.1.1.14  kre Zone	Africa/Bissau	-1:02:20 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1  1:00u
    433  1.1.1.10  kre 			-1:00	-	-01	1975
    434       1.1  apb 			 0:00	-	GMT
    435       1.1  apb 
    436       1.1  apb # Kenya
    437  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    438       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
    439       1.1  apb 			3:00	-	EAT	1930
    440  1.1.1.10  kre 			2:30	-	+0230	1940
    441  1.1.1.10  kre 			2:45	-	+0245	1960
    442       1.1  apb 			3:00	-	EAT
    443   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa	 # Ethiopia
    444   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara	 # Eritrea
    445   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania
    446   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti
    447   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala	 # Uganda
    448   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu	 # Somalia
    449   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo	 # Madagascar
    450   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro
    451   1.1.1.4  apb Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte
    452       1.1  apb 
    453       1.1  apb # Lesotho
    454   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Johannesburg.
    455       1.1  apb 
    456       1.1  apb # Liberia
    457  1.1.1.11  kre #
    458  1.1.1.11  kre # From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02):
    459  1.1.1.11  kre #
    460  1.1.1.11  kre # The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30.
    461  1.1.1.11  kre #
    462  1.1.1.13  kre # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UT offset
    463  1.1.1.11  kre # that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.  The 1972 change was on
    464  1.1.1.11  kre # 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of:
    465  1.1.1.11  kre # Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of
    466  1.1.1.11  kre # President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972.
    467  1.1.1.11  kre # Monrovia: Executive Mansion.
    468  1.1.1.11  kre #
    469  1.1.1.11  kre # Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric
    470  1.1.1.11  kre # abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit.
    471  1.1.1.11  kre #
    472  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    473       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Monrovia	-0:43:08 -	LMT	1882
    474       1.1  apb 			-0:43:08 -	MMT	1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
    475  1.1.1.11  kre 			-0:44:30 -	MMT	1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT
    476       1.1  apb 			 0:00	-	GMT
    477       1.1  apb 
    478       1.1  apb ###############################################################################
    479       1.1  apb 
    480       1.1  apb # Libya
    481       1.1  apb 
    482       1.1  apb # From Even Scharning (2012-11-10):
    483       1.1  apb # Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10.
    484  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/
    485       1.1  apb # Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc
    486       1.1  apb #
    487       1.1  apb # Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in
    488  1.1.1.12  kre # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html
    489       1.1  apb #
    490       1.1  apb # From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11):
    491       1.1  apb # Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
    492       1.1  apb # The DST rules planned for 2013 and onward roughly mirror those of Europe
    493       1.1  apb # (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
    494       1.1  apb # lastFri instead of lastSun).
    495       1.1  apb 
    496       1.1  apb # From Even Scharning (2013-10-25):
    497       1.1  apb # The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was
    498       1.1  apb # cancelled yesterday....
    499  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/
    500       1.1  apb #
    501       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
    502   1.1.1.8  kre # For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UT +02.
    503       1.1  apb 
    504       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    505       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1951	only	-	Oct	14	2:00	1:00	S
    506       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1952	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
    507       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1953	only	-	Oct	 9	2:00	1:00	S
    508       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1954	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
    509       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1955	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	1:00	S
    510       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1956	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
    511       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1982	1984	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
    512       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1982	1985	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
    513       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1985	only	-	Apr	 6	0:00	1:00	S
    514       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
    515       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1986	only	-	Oct	 3	0:00	0	-
    516       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
    517       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1987	1989	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
    518       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	1:00	S
    519       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	1997	only	-	Oct	 4	0:00	0	-
    520       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	2013	only	-	Mar	lastFri	1:00	1:00	S
    521       1.1  apb Rule	Libya	2013	only	-	Oct	lastFri	2:00	0	-
    522  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    523       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Tripoli	0:52:44 -	LMT	1920
    524       1.1  apb 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1959
    525       1.1  apb 			2:00	-	EET	1982
    526       1.1  apb 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1990 May  4
    527       1.1  apb # The 1996 and 1997 entries are from Shanks & Pottenger;
    528   1.1.1.2  apb # the IATA SSIM data entries contain some obvious errors.
    529       1.1  apb 			2:00	-	EET	1996 Sep 30
    530       1.1  apb 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	1997 Oct  4
    531   1.1.1.2  apb 			2:00	-	EET	2012 Nov 10  2:00
    532   1.1.1.2  apb 			1:00	Libya	CE%sT	2013 Oct 25  2:00
    533       1.1  apb 			2:00	-	EET
    534       1.1  apb 
    535       1.1  apb # Madagascar
    536   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
    537       1.1  apb 
    538       1.1  apb # Malawi
    539   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Maputo.
    540       1.1  apb 
    541       1.1  apb # Mali
    542       1.1  apb # Mauritania
    543       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
    544       1.1  apb 
    545       1.1  apb # Mauritius
    546       1.1  apb 
    547       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
    548       1.1  apb # Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
    549       1.1  apb # basis....
    550       1.1  apb # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to
    551       1.1  apb # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
    552  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
    553       1.1  apb 
    554       1.1  apb # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
    555       1.1  apb # http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
    556       1.1  apb 
    557       1.1  apb # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
    558       1.1  apb # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
    559       1.1  apb # final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
    560       1.1  apb # would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
    561       1.1  apb 
    562       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
    563       1.1  apb # Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
    564       1.1  apb 
    565       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10):
    566       1.1  apb # According to
    567       1.1  apb # http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216
    568       1.1  apb # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier
    569       1.1  apb # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31).  The new start
    570       1.1  apb # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time
    571       1.1  apb # given, but it is probably at either 2 or 3 wall clock time).
    572       1.1  apb #
    573       1.1  apb # A little strange though, since the article says that they moved the date
    574       1.1  apb # to align itself with Europe and USA which also change time on that date,
    575       1.1  apb # but that means they have not paid attention to what happened in
    576       1.1  apb # USA/Canada last year (DST ends first Sunday in November). I also wonder
    577       1.1  apb # why that they end on a Friday, instead of aligning with Europe which
    578       1.1  apb # changes two days later.
    579       1.1  apb 
    580       1.1  apb # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-07-11):
    581       1.1  apb # Seems that English language article "The revival of daylight saving
    582   1.1.1.6  apb # time: Energy conservation?"- No. 16578 (07/11/2008) was originally
    583       1.1  apb # published on Monday, June 30, 2008...
    584       1.1  apb #
    585       1.1  apb # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction
    586       1.1  apb # de l'heure d't" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26
    587       1.1  apb # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one....
    588       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html
    589       1.1  apb 
    590       1.1  apb # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03):
    591       1.1  apb # The Government of Mauritius weblink
    592       1.1  apb # http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
    593       1.1  apb # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows:
    594       1.1  apb #
    595       1.1  apb # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly
    596       1.1  apb # of the Time Bill which provides for the introduction of summer time in
    597       1.1  apb # Mauritius. The summer time period which will be of one hour ahead of
    598       1.1  apb # the standard time, will be aligned with that in Europe and the United
    599       1.1  apb # States of America. It will start at two o'clock in the morning on the
    600       1.1  apb # last Sunday of October and will end at two o'clock in the morning on
    601       1.1  apb # the last Sunday of March the following year. The summer time for the
    602       1.1  apb # year 2008-2009 will, therefore, be effective as from 26 October 2008
    603       1.1  apb # and end on 29 March 2009.
    604       1.1  apb 
    605       1.1  apb # From Ed Maste (2008-10-07):
    606       1.1  apb # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the
    607       1.1  apb # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the
    608       1.1  apb # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March.
    609       1.1  apb # http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf
    610       1.1  apb 
    611       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05):
    612       1.1  apb # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe
    613       1.1  apb # DST the coming summer...
    614       1.1  apb #
    615       1.1  apb # Some sources, in French:
    616       1.1  apb # 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
    617       1.1  apb # 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-
    618       1.1  apb #
    619       1.1  apb # Our wrap-up:
    620  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html
    621       1.1  apb 
    622       1.1  apb # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11):
    623       1.1  apb # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this:
    624       1.1  apb # "The trial ended on March 29, 2009, when the clocks moved back by one hour
    625       1.1  apb # at 2am (or 02:00) local time..."
    626       1.1  apb 
    627       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    628  1.1.1.14  kre Rule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	-
    629       1.1  apb Rule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
    630  1.1.1.14  kre Rule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
    631       1.1  apb Rule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
    632  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    633   1.1.1.2  apb Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907 # Port Louis
    634  1.1.1.10  kre 			4:00 Mauritius	+04/+05
    635       1.1  apb # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
    636       1.1  apb # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
    637       1.1  apb 
    638       1.1  apb # Mayotte
    639   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
    640       1.1  apb 
    641       1.1  apb # Morocco
    642       1.1  apb # See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
    643       1.1  apb 
    644       1.1  apb # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
    645       1.1  apb # Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
    646       1.1  apb # 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
    647       1.1  apb #
    648       1.1  apb # "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
    649       1.1  apb # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
    650       1.1  apb # Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
    651       1.1  apb #
    652  1.1.1.12  kre # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
    653       1.1  apb # http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
    654       1.1  apb 
    655       1.1  apb # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
    656   1.1.1.2  apb # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe
    657   1.1.1.2  apb # Presse:
    658       1.1  apb # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
    659       1.1  apb #
    660       1.1  apb # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
    661       1.1  apb # spokesman.
    662       1.1  apb 
    663       1.1  apb # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
    664       1.1  apb # According to this article:
    665  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
    666       1.1  apb # (and republished here: <http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html>)
    667       1.1  apb # the changes occur at midnight:
    668       1.1  apb #
    669       1.1  apb # Saturday night May 31st at midnight (which in French is to be
    670       1.1  apb # interpreted as the night between Saturday and Sunday)
    671       1.1  apb # Sunday night the 28th at midnight
    672       1.1  apb #
    673       1.1  apb # Seeing that the 28th is Monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
    674       1.1  apb # the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between Sunday and
    675       1.1  apb # Monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
    676       1.1  apb # June 1st to Sept 27th.
    677       1.1  apb #
    678       1.1  apb # The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
    679       1.1  apb # published on the web.
    680       1.1  apb #
    681       1.1  apb # It's also confirmed here:
    682       1.1  apb # http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
    683       1.1  apb # on a government portal as being between June 1st and Sept 27th (not yet
    684       1.1  apb # posted in English).
    685       1.1  apb #
    686       1.1  apb # The following Google query will generate many relevant hits:
    687  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
    688       1.1  apb 
    689       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
    690       1.1  apb # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
    691       1.1  apb # and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
    692       1.1  apb # of September:
    693       1.1  apb #
    694       1.1  apb # One article about it (in French):
    695       1.1  apb # http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default
    696       1.1  apb #
    697       1.1  apb # We have some further details posted here:
    698  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html
    699       1.1  apb 
    700       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17):
    701       1.1  apb # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according
    702       1.1  apb # to many sources, such as
    703       1.1  apb # http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html
    704       1.1  apb # http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312
    705       1.1  apb # (French)
    706       1.1  apb #
    707       1.1  apb # Our summary:
    708  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html
    709       1.1  apb 
    710       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
    711       1.1  apb # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre,
    712       1.1  apb # Ministre de la Modernisation des Secteurs Publics
    713       1.1  apb #
    714   1.1.1.6  apb # Under Article 1 of Royal Decree No. 455-67 of Act 23 safar 1387 (2 June 1967)
    715       1.1  apb # concerning the amendment of the legal time, the Ministry of Modernization of
    716       1.1  apb # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be
    717       1.1  apb # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight.
    718       1.1  apb #
    719       1.1  apb # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf
    720       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html
    721       1.1  apb 
    722       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13):
    723       1.1  apb # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization
    724       1.1  apb # of Public Sectors has announced that Morocco will have DST from
    725       1.1  apb # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08.
    726       1.1  apb #
    727       1.1  apb # Example:
    728       1.1  apb # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html
    729       1.1  apb # (French)
    730       1.1  apb # Our page:
    731  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html
    732       1.1  apb 
    733       1.1  apb # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30):
    734       1.1  apb # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format)
    735   1.1.1.2  apb # The 3rd April 2011 at 00:00:00, [it] will be 3rd April 01:00:00
    736   1.1.1.2  apb # The 31st July 2011 at 00:59:59, [it] will be 31st July 00:00:00
    737       1.1  apb # ...Official links of change in morocco
    738       1.1  apb # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio
    739       1.1  apb # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at
    740       1.1  apb # +212.537.71.84.00
    741       1.1  apb # http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/
    742       1.1  apb # They said that
    743       1.1  apb # http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view
    744       1.1  apb # is the official publication to look at.
    745       1.1  apb # They said that the decision was already taken.
    746       1.1  apb #
    747       1.1  apb # More articles in the press
    748  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-leve.html
    749       1.1  apb # http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923
    750       1.1  apb # http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim
    751       1.1  apb 
    752       1.1  apb # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30):
    753       1.1  apb # They have it written in English here:
    754       1.1  apb # http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view
    755       1.1  apb #
    756       1.1  apb # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31,
    757       1.1  apb # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of
    758       1.1  apb # wall clock time (i.e. 11pm UTC), but that's what I would assume. It has
    759       1.1  apb # also been like that in the past.
    760       1.1  apb 
    761       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-03-09):
    762       1.1  apb # According to Infomdiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma),
    763       1.1  apb # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure lgale:
    764       1.1  apb # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d't
    765       1.1  apb # http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9
    766       1.1  apb # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on
    767       1.1  apb # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on
    768       1.1  apb # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012)
    769       1.1  apb # except the month of Ramadan.
    770       1.1  apb # or (brief)
    771       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html
    772       1.1  apb 
    773       1.1  apb # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10):
    774       1.1  apb # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in
    775       1.1  apb # effect every year. It gives 03H00 as the "fall back" time of day;
    776       1.1  apb # it lacks a "spring forward" time of day; assume 2:00 XXX.
    777       1.1  apb # Wait on specifying the Ramadan exception for details about
    778       1.1  apb # start date, start time of day, end date, and end time of day XXX.
    779       1.1  apb 
    780       1.1  apb # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16):
    781       1.1  apb # Seen Morocco change again:
    782       1.1  apb # http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php
    783       1.1  apb # "... partir du dernier dimanche d'avril et non fins mars,
    784       1.1  apb # comme annonc prcdemment."
    785       1.1  apb 
    786       1.1  apb # From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17):
    787       1.1  apb # The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government:
    788       1.1  apb # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French]
    789       1.1  apb #
    790       1.1  apb # Google translation, lightly edited:
    791       1.1  apb # Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT)
    792       1.1  apb # Pursuant to Decree No. 2-12-126 issued on 26 Jumada (I) 1433 (April 18,
    793       1.1  apb # 2012) and in accordance with the order of Mr. President of the
    794       1.1  apb # Government No. 3-47-12 issued on 24 Sha'ban (11 July 2012), the Ministry
    795       1.1  apb # of Public Service and Administration Modernization announces the return
    796       1.1  apb # of the legal time of the Kingdom (GMT) from Friday, July 20, 2012 until
    797       1.1  apb # Monday, August 20, 2012.  So the time will be delayed by 60 minutes from
    798       1.1  apb # 3:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012 and will again be advanced by 60 minutes
    799       1.1  apb # August 20, 2012 from 2:00 am.
    800       1.1  apb 
    801       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2013-03-06):
    802       1.1  apb # Morocco's daylight-saving transitions due to Ramadan seem to be
    803       1.1  apb # announced a bit in advance.  On 2012-07-11 the Moroccan government
    804       1.1  apb # announced that year's Ramadan daylight-saving transitions would be
    805       1.1  apb # 2012-07-20 and 2012-08-20; see
    806   1.1.1.2  apb # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288
    807       1.1  apb 
    808       1.1  apb # From Andrew Paprocki (2013-07-02):
    809       1.1  apb # Morocco announced that the year's Ramadan daylight-savings
    810       1.1  apb # transitions would be 2013-07-07 and 2013-08-10; see:
    811       1.1  apb # http://www.maroc.ma/en/news/morocco-suspends-daylight-saving-time-july-7-aug10
    812       1.1  apb 
    813       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-28):
    814       1.1  apb # Morocco extends DST by one month, on very short notice, just 1 day
    815       1.1  apb # before it was going to end.  There is a new decree (2.13.781) for
    816       1.1  apb # this, where DST from now on goes from last Sunday of March at 02:00
    817       1.1  apb # to last Sunday of October at 03:00, similar to EU rules.  Official
    818       1.1  apb # source (French):
    819       1.1  apb # http://www.maroc.gov.ma/fr/actualites/lhoraire-dete-gmt1-maintenu-jusquau-27-octobre-2013
    820       1.1  apb # Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
    821       1.1  apb # http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
    822       1.1  apb 
    823       1.1  apb # From Sebastien Willemijns (2014-03-18):
    824       1.1  apb # http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/18/maroc-heure-dete-avancez-tous-horloges-247891.asp
    825       1.1  apb 
    826       1.1  apb # From Milamber Space Network (2014-06-05):
    827       1.1  apb # The Moroccan government has recently announced that the country will return
    828       1.1  apb # to standard time at 03:00 on Saturday, June 28, 2014 local time....  DST
    829       1.1  apb # will resume again at 02:00 on Saturday, August 2, 2014....
    830       1.1  apb # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=586
    831       1.1  apb 
    832   1.1.1.5  apb # From Milamber (2015-06-08):
    833   1.1.1.5  apb # (Google Translation) The hour will thus be delayed 60 minutes
    834   1.1.1.5  apb # Sunday, June 14 at 3:00, the ministry said in a statement, adding
    835   1.1.1.5  apb # that the time will be advanced again 60 minutes Sunday, July 19,
    836   1.1.1.5  apb # 2015 at 2:00.  The move comes under 2.12.126 Decree of 26 Jumada I
    837   1.1.1.5  apb # 1433 (18 April 2012) and the decision of the Head of Government of
    838   1.1.1.5  apb # 16 N. 3-29-15 Chaaban 1435 (4 June 2015).
    839   1.1.1.5  apb # Source (french):
    840  1.1.1.12  kre # https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/
    841   1.1.1.5  apb #
    842   1.1.1.5  apb # From Milamber (2015-06-09):
    843   1.1.1.5  apb # http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=863
    844   1.1.1.5  apb #
    845   1.1.1.5  apb # From Michael Deckers (2015-06-09):
    846   1.1.1.5  apb # [The gov.ma announcement] would (probably) make the switch on 2015-07-19 go
    847   1.1.1.5  apb # from 03:00 to 04:00 rather than from 02:00 to 03:00, as in the patch....
    848   1.1.1.5  apb # I think the patch is correct and the quoted text is wrong; the text in
    849  1.1.1.12  kre # <https://lnt.ma/le-maroc-reculera-dune-heure-le-dimanche-14-juin/> agrees
    850   1.1.1.5  apb # with the patch.
    851   1.1.1.5  apb 
    852  1.1.1.17  kre # From Mohamed Essedik Najd (2018-10-26):
    853  1.1.1.17  kre # Today, a Moroccan government council approved the perpetual addition
    854  1.1.1.17  kre # of 60 minutes to the regular Moroccan timezone.
    855  1.1.1.18  kre # From Matt Johnson (2018-10-28):
    856  1.1.1.18  kre # http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2018/BO_6720-bis_Ar.pdf
    857  1.1.1.18  kre #
    858  1.1.1.18  kre # From Maamar Abdelkader (2018-11-01):
    859  1.1.1.18  kre # We usually move clocks back the previous week end and come back to the +1
    860  1.1.1.18  kre # the week end after....  The government does not announce yet the decision
    861  1.1.1.18  kre # about this temporary change.  But it s 99% sure that it will be the case,
    862  1.1.1.18  kre # as in previous years.  An unofficial survey was done these days, showing
    863  1.1.1.21  kre # that 64% of asked people are ok for moving from +1 to +0 during Ramadan.
    864  1.1.1.18  kre # https://leconomiste.com/article/1035870-enquete-l-economiste-sunergia-64-des-marocains-plebiscitent-le-gmt-pendant-ramadan
    865  1.1.1.21  kre 
    866  1.1.1.21  kre # From Naoufal Semlali (2019-04-16):
    867  1.1.1.21  kre # Morocco will be on GMT starting from Sunday, May 5th 2019 at 3am.
    868  1.1.1.21  kre # The switch to GMT+1 will occur on Sunday, June 9th 2019 at 2am....
    869  1.1.1.21  kre # http://fr.le360.ma/societe/voici-la-date-du-retour-a-lheure-legale-au-maroc-188222
    870  1.1.1.21  kre #
    871  1.1.1.21  kre # From Paul Eggert (2019-05-20):
    872  1.1.1.21  kre # This agrees with our 2018-11-01 guess that the Moroccan government
    873  1.1.1.21  kre # would continue the practice of falling back at 03:00 the last Sunday
    874  1.1.1.21  kre # before Ramadan, and of springing forward at 02:00 the first Sunday after
    875  1.1.1.18  kre # Ramadan, as this has been the practice since 2012.  To implement this,
    876  1.1.1.21  kre # transition dates for 2019 through 2087 were determined by running the
    877  1.1.1.21  kre # following program under GNU Emacs 26.2.
    878  1.1.1.18  kre # (let ((islamic-year 1440))
    879  1.1.1.18  kre #   (require 'cal-islam)
    880  1.1.1.21  kre #   (while (< islamic-year 1511)
    881  1.1.1.18  kre #     (let ((a (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year)))
    882  1.1.1.18  kre #           (b (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 10 1 islamic-year)))
    883  1.1.1.18  kre #           (sunday 0))
    884  1.1.1.18  kre #       (while (/= sunday (mod (setq a (1- a)) 7)))
    885  1.1.1.18  kre #       (while (/= sunday (mod b 7))
    886  1.1.1.18  kre #         (setq b (1+ b)))
    887  1.1.1.18  kre #       (setq a (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute a))
    888  1.1.1.18  kre #       (setq b (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute b))
    889  1.1.1.18  kre #       (insert
    890  1.1.1.18  kre #        (format
    891  1.1.1.18  kre #         (concat "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 3:00\t-1:00\t-\n"
    892  1.1.1.18  kre #                 "Rule\tMorocco\t%d\tonly\t-\t%s\t%2d\t 2:00\t0\t-\n")
    893  1.1.1.18  kre #         (car (cdr (cdr a))) (calendar-month-name (car a) t) (car (cdr a))
    894  1.1.1.18  kre #         (car (cdr (cdr b))) (calendar-month-name (car b) t) (car (cdr b)))))
    895  1.1.1.18  kre #     (setq islamic-year (+ 1 islamic-year))))
    896       1.1  apb 
    897       1.1  apb # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    898  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	-
    899       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
    900  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	1:00	-
    901       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1945	only	-	Nov	18	 0:00	0	-
    902  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Jun	11	 0:00	1:00	-
    903       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1950	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	0	-
    904  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Jun	 3	12:00	1:00	-
    905       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1967	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
    906  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Jun	24	 0:00	1:00	-
    907       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
    908  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1976	1977	-	May	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    909       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
    910       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
    911  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    912       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
    913  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    914       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
    915  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    916       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2009	only	-	Aug	21	 0:00	0	-
    917  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	May	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
    918       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2010	only	-	Aug	 8	 0:00	0	-
    919  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Apr	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
    920   1.1.1.7  kre Rule	Morocco	2011	only	-	Jul	31	 0:00	0	-
    921  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2012	2013	-	Apr	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
    922       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Jul	20	 3:00	0	-
    923  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	1:00	-
    924   1.1.1.7  kre Rule	Morocco	2012	only	-	Sep	30	 3:00	0	-
    925       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Jul	 7	 3:00	0	-
    926  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2013	only	-	Aug	10	 2:00	1:00	-
    927  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2013	2018	-	Oct	lastSun	 3:00	0	-
    928  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2014	2018	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00	1:00	-
    929       1.1  apb Rule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Jun	28	 3:00	0	-
    930  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2014	only	-	Aug	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
    931   1.1.1.5  apb Rule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jun	14	 3:00	0	-
    932  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2015	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	1:00	-
    933   1.1.1.5  apb Rule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jun	 5	 3:00	0	-
    934  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2016	only	-	Jul	10	 2:00	1:00	-
    935   1.1.1.5  apb Rule	Morocco	2017	only	-	May	21	 3:00	0	-
    936  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2017	only	-	Jul	 2	 2:00	1:00	-
    937   1.1.1.5  apb Rule	Morocco	2018	only	-	May	13	 3:00	0	-
    938  1.1.1.17  kre Rule	Morocco	2018	only	-	Jun	17	 2:00	1:00	-
    939  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2019	only	-	May	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
    940  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2019	only	-	Jun	 9	 2:00	0	-
    941  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2020	only	-	Apr	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
    942  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2020	only	-	May	24	 2:00	0	-
    943  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2021	only	-	Apr	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
    944  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2021	only	-	May	16	 2:00	0	-
    945  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2022	only	-	Mar	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
    946  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2022	only	-	May	 8	 2:00	0	-
    947  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Mar	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
    948  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2023	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
    949  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Mar	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
    950  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2024	only	-	Apr	14	 2:00	0	-
    951  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Feb	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
    952  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2025	only	-	Apr	 6	 2:00	0	-
    953  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Feb	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
    954  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2026	only	-	Mar	22	 2:00	0	-
    955  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Feb	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
    956  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2027	only	-	Mar	14	 2:00	0	-
    957  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Jan	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
    958  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2028	only	-	Feb	27	 2:00	0	-
    959  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Jan	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
    960  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Feb	18	 2:00	0	-
    961  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2029	only	-	Dec	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
    962  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Feb	10	 2:00	0	-
    963  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2030	only	-	Dec	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
    964  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Jan	26	 2:00	0	-
    965  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2031	only	-	Dec	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
    966  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Jan	18	 2:00	0	-
    967  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2032	only	-	Nov	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
    968  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Jan	 9	 2:00	0	-
    969  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Nov	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
    970  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2033	only	-	Dec	25	 2:00	0	-
    971  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Nov	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
    972  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2034	only	-	Dec	17	 2:00	0	-
    973  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Oct	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
    974  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2035	only	-	Dec	 2	 2:00	0	-
    975  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Oct	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
    976  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2036	only	-	Nov	23	 2:00	0	-
    977  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
    978  1.1.1.18  kre Rule	Morocco	2037	only	-	Nov	15	 2:00	0	-
    979  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Sep	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
    980  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2038	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	-
    981  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Sep	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
    982  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2039	only	-	Oct	23	 2:00	0	-
    983  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Sep	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
    984  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2040	only	-	Oct	14	 2:00	0	-
    985  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Aug	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
    986  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2041	only	-	Sep	29	 2:00	0	-
    987  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Aug	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
    988  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2042	only	-	Sep	21	 2:00	0	-
    989  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Aug	 2	 3:00	-1:00	-
    990  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2043	only	-	Sep	 6	 2:00	0	-
    991  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Jul	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
    992  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2044	only	-	Aug	28	 2:00	0	-
    993  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Jul	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
    994  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2045	only	-	Aug	20	 2:00	0	-
    995  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Jul	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
    996  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2046	only	-	Aug	 5	 2:00	0	-
    997  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jun	23	 3:00	-1:00	-
    998  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2047	only	-	Jul	28	 2:00	0	-
    999  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jun	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1000  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2048	only	-	Jul	19	 2:00	0	-
   1001  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2049	only	-	May	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1002  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2049	only	-	Jul	 4	 2:00	0	-
   1003  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2050	only	-	May	15	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1004  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2050	only	-	Jun	26	 2:00	0	-
   1005  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2051	only	-	May	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1006  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2051	only	-	Jun	11	 2:00	0	-
   1007  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Apr	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1008  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2052	only	-	Jun	 2	 2:00	0	-
   1009  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2053	only	-	Apr	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1010  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2053	only	-	May	25	 2:00	0	-
   1011  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2054	only	-	Apr	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1012  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2054	only	-	May	10	 2:00	0	-
   1013  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2055	only	-	Mar	28	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1014  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2055	only	-	May	 2	 2:00	0	-
   1015  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Mar	12	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1016  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2056	only	-	Apr	23	 2:00	0	-
   1017  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Mar	 4	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1018  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2057	only	-	Apr	 8	 2:00	0	-
   1019  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Feb	17	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1020  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2058	only	-	Mar	31	 2:00	0	-
   1021  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Feb	 9	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1022  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2059	only	-	Mar	16	 2:00	0	-
   1023  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Feb	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1024  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2060	only	-	Mar	 7	 2:00	0	-
   1025  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Jan	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1026  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2061	only	-	Feb	27	 2:00	0	-
   1027  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Jan	 8	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1028  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Feb	12	 2:00	0	-
   1029  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2062	only	-	Dec	31	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1030  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Feb	 4	 2:00	0	-
   1031  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2063	only	-	Dec	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1032  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Jan	20	 2:00	0	-
   1033  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2064	only	-	Dec	 7	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1034  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Jan	11	 2:00	0	-
   1035  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2065	only	-	Nov	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1036  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Jan	 3	 2:00	0	-
   1037  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Nov	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1038  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2066	only	-	Dec	19	 2:00	0	-
   1039  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Nov	 6	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1040  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2067	only	-	Dec	11	 2:00	0	-
   1041  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Oct	21	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1042  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2068	only	-	Dec	 2	 2:00	0	-
   1043  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Oct	13	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1044  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2069	only	-	Nov	17	 2:00	0	-
   1045  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Oct	 5	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1046  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2070	only	-	Nov	 9	 2:00	0	-
   1047  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Sep	20	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1048  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2071	only	-	Oct	25	 2:00	0	-
   1049  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Sep	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1050  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2072	only	-	Oct	16	 2:00	0	-
   1051  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Aug	27	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1052  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2073	only	-	Oct	 8	 2:00	0	-
   1053  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Aug	19	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1054  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2074	only	-	Sep	23	 2:00	0	-
   1055  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Aug	11	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1056  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2075	only	-	Sep	15	 2:00	0	-
   1057  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Jul	26	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1058  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2076	only	-	Sep	 6	 2:00	0	-
   1059  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Jul	18	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1060  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2077	only	-	Aug	22	 2:00	0	-
   1061  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Jul	10	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1062  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2078	only	-	Aug	14	 2:00	0	-
   1063  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Jun	25	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1064  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2079	only	-	Jul	30	 2:00	0	-
   1065  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jun	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1066  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2080	only	-	Jul	21	 2:00	0	-
   1067  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jun	 1	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1068  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2081	only	-	Jul	13	 2:00	0	-
   1069  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2082	only	-	May	24	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1070  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2082	only	-	Jun	28	 2:00	0	-
   1071  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2083	only	-	May	16	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1072  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2083	only	-	Jun	20	 2:00	0	-
   1073  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Apr	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1074  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2084	only	-	Jun	11	 2:00	0	-
   1075  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2085	only	-	Apr	22	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1076  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2085	only	-	May	27	 2:00	0	-
   1077  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2086	only	-	Apr	14	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1078  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2086	only	-	May	19	 2:00	0	-
   1079  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2087	only	-	Mar	30	 3:00	-1:00	-
   1080  1.1.1.21  kre Rule	Morocco	2087	only	-	May	 4	 2:00	0	-
   1081  1.1.1.21  kre # For dates after the somewhat-arbitrary cutoff of 2087, assume that
   1082  1.1.1.21  kre # Morocco will no longer observe DST.  At some point this table will
   1083  1.1.1.21  kre # need to be extended, though quite possibly Morocco will change the
   1084  1.1.1.21  kre # rules first.
   1085       1.1  apb 
   1086  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1087       1.1  apb Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
   1088  1.1.1.17  kre 			 0:00	Morocco	+00/+01	1984 Mar 16
   1089  1.1.1.17  kre 			 1:00	-	+01	1986
   1090  1.1.1.18  kre 			 0:00	Morocco	+00/+01	2018 Oct 28  3:00
   1091  1.1.1.18  kre 			 1:00	Morocco	+01/+00
   1092       1.1  apb 
   1093       1.1  apb # Western Sahara
   1094       1.1  apb #
   1095       1.1  apb # From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22):
   1096       1.1  apb # A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters
   1097       1.1  apb # ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as
   1098       1.1  apb # Morocco does.
   1099       1.1  apb #
   1100       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
   1101       1.1  apb # Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
   1102       1.1  apb # since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
   1103       1.1  apb 
   1104       1.1  apb Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan # El Aain
   1105  1.1.1.10  kre 			-1:00	-	-01	1976 Apr 14
   1106  1.1.1.18  kre 			 0:00	Morocco	+00/+01	2018 Oct 28  3:00
   1107  1.1.1.18  kre 			 1:00	Morocco	+01/+00
   1108       1.1  apb 
   1109       1.1  apb # Mozambique
   1110   1.1.1.2  apb #
   1111   1.1.1.2  apb # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT.
   1112   1.1.1.2  apb # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
   1113  1.1.1.10  kre # https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
   1114   1.1.1.2  apb # merely made it official?
   1115   1.1.1.2  apb #
   1116  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1117       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
   1118       1.1  apb 			2:00	-	CAT
   1119   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre	# Malawi
   1120   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura	# Burundi
   1121   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone	# Botswana
   1122   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare	# Zimbabwe
   1123   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali	# Rwanda
   1124   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi	# E Dem. Rep. of Congo
   1125   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka	# Zambia
   1126       1.1  apb 
   1127  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1128       1.1  apb # Namibia
   1129  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1130  1.1.1.12  kre # From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09):
   1131  1.1.1.12  kre # The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at
   1132  1.1.1.12  kre # www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf
   1133  1.1.1.12  kre # and includes this nugget:
   1134  1.1.1.12  kre # Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the
   1135  1.1.1.12  kre # first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall
   1136  1.1.1.12  kre # commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on
   1137  1.1.1.12  kre # Sunday 4 September 1994.
   1138       1.1  apb 
   1139  1.1.1.15  kre # From Michael Deckers (2017-04-06):
   1140  1.1.1.15  kre # ... both summer and winter time are called "standard"
   1141  1.1.1.15  kre # (which differs from the use in Ireland) ...
   1142  1.1.1.15  kre 
   1143   1.1.1.2  apb # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30):
   1144   1.1.1.2  apb # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html
   1145       1.1  apb # While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other
   1146       1.1  apb # settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there
   1147       1.1  apb # rises and sets earlier compared to other regions.  Chief of
   1148       1.1  apb # Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of
   1149       1.1  apb # the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest
   1150       1.1  apb # of the country.
   1151       1.1  apb #
   1152  1.1.1.10  kre # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22):
   1153  1.1.1.10  kre # Although the Zambezi Region (formerly known as Caprivi) informally
   1154  1.1.1.10  kre # observes Botswana time, we have no details about historical practice.
   1155  1.1.1.10  kre # In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone.
   1156  1.1.1.10  kre # See: Immanuel S. The Namibian. 2017-02-23.
   1157  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.namibian.com.na/51480/read/Time-change-divides-lawmakers
   1158  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1159  1.1.1.12  kre # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-08-09):
   1160  1.1.1.12  kre # Namibia is going to change their time zone to what is now their DST:
   1161  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
   1162  1.1.1.12  kre # This video is from the government decision:
   1163  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665
   1164  1.1.1.12  kre # We have made the assumption so far that they will change their time zone at
   1165  1.1.1.12  kre # the same time they would normally start DST, the first Sunday in September:
   1166  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html
   1167       1.1  apb 
   1168  1.1.1.15  kre # From Paul Eggert (2017-04-09):
   1169  1.1.1.15  kre # Before the change, summer and winter time were both standard time legally.
   1170  1.1.1.15  kre # However in common parlance, winter time was considered to be DST.  See, e.g.:
   1171  1.1.1.15  kre # http://www.nbc.na/news/namibias-winter-time-could-be-scrapped.2706
   1172  1.1.1.15  kre # https://zone.my.na/news/times-are-changing-in-namibia
   1173  1.1.1.15  kre # https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/
   1174  1.1.1.15  kre # Use plain "WAT" and "CAT" for the time zone abbreviations, to be compatible
   1175  1.1.1.15  kre # with Namibia's neighbors.
   1176  1.1.1.15  kre 
   1177       1.1  apb # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1178  1.1.1.15  kre # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
   1179  1.1.1.15  kre Rule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	-1:00	WAT
   1180  1.1.1.15  kre Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	CAT
   1181  1.1.1.15  kre Rule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	-1:00	WAT
   1182  1.1.1.15  kre # Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST.
   1183  1.1.1.15  kre #Rule	Namibia	1994	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	WAT
   1184  1.1.1.15  kre #Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	CAT
   1185  1.1.1.15  kre #Rule	Namibia	1995	2017	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	WAT
   1186  1.1.1.15  kre # End of rearguard section.
   1187  1.1.1.15  kre 
   1188  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1189       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Windhoek	1:08:24 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
   1190  1.1.1.10  kre 			1:30	-	+0130	1903 Mar
   1191   1.1.1.2  apb 			2:00	-	SAST	1942 Sep 20  2:00
   1192   1.1.1.2  apb 			2:00	1:00	SAST	1943 Mar 21  2:00
   1193       1.1  apb 			2:00	-	SAST	1990 Mar 21 # independence
   1194  1.1.1.15  kre # Vanguard section, for zic and other parsers that support negative DST.
   1195  1.1.1.15  kre 			2:00	Namibia	%s
   1196  1.1.1.15  kre # Rearguard section, for parsers that do not support negative DST.
   1197  1.1.1.15  kre #			2:00	-	CAT	1994 Mar 21  0:00
   1198  1.1.1.15  kre # From Paul Eggert (2017-04-07):
   1199  1.1.1.15  kre # The official date of the 2017 rule change was 2017-10-24.  See:
   1200  1.1.1.15  kre # http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Namibian%20Time%20Act%209%20of%202017.pdf
   1201  1.1.1.15  kre #			1:00	Namibia	%s	2017 Oct 24
   1202  1.1.1.15  kre #			2:00	-	CAT
   1203  1.1.1.15  kre # End of rearguard section.
   1204       1.1  apb 
   1205       1.1  apb # Niger
   1206   1.1.1.2  apb # See Africa/Lagos.
   1207       1.1  apb 
   1208       1.1  apb # Nigeria
   1209  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1210       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Lagos	0:13:36 -	LMT	1919 Sep
   1211       1.1  apb 			1:00	-	WAT
   1212   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui	     # Central African Republic
   1213   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville # Rep. of the Congo
   1214   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala	     # Cameroon
   1215   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa    # Dem. Rep. of the Congo (west)
   1216   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville  # Gabon
   1217   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda	     # Angola
   1218   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo	     # Equatorial Guinea
   1219   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey	     # Niger
   1220   1.1.1.2  apb Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo  # Benin
   1221       1.1  apb 
   1222       1.1  apb # Runion
   1223  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1224   1.1.1.2  apb Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
   1225  1.1.1.10  kre 			4:00	-	+04
   1226       1.1  apb #
   1227       1.1  apb # Crozet Islands also observes Runion time; see the 'antarctica' file.
   1228       1.1  apb #
   1229       1.1  apb # Scattered Islands (les parses) administered from Runion are as follows.
   1230       1.1  apb # The following information about them is taken from
   1231       1.1  apb # les parses (<http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/domtom/ile.htm>, 1997-07-22,
   1232       1.1  apb # in French; no longer available as of 1999-08-17).
   1233       1.1  apb # We have no info about their time zone histories.
   1234       1.1  apb #
   1235       1.1  apb # Bassas da India - uninhabited
   1236       1.1  apb # Europa Island - inhabited from 1905 to 1910 by two families
   1237       1.1  apb # Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
   1238       1.1  apb # Juan de Nova - uninhabited
   1239       1.1  apb # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
   1240       1.1  apb 
   1241       1.1  apb # Rwanda
   1242   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Maputo.
   1243       1.1  apb 
   1244       1.1  apb # St Helena
   1245       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
   1246       1.1  apb # The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
   1247       1.1  apb #	Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
   1248       1.1  apb #	Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA
   1249       1.1  apb #	Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously):
   1250       1.1  apb #		on GMT, says the CIA
   1251       1.1  apb #	Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited
   1252       1.1  apb 
   1253       1.1  apb # So Tom and Prncipe
   1254  1.1.1.13  kre 
   1255  1.1.1.14  kre # See Europe/Lisbon for info about the 1912 transition.
   1256  1.1.1.14  kre 
   1257  1.1.1.13  kre # From Steffen Thorsen (2018-01-08):
   1258  1.1.1.13  kre # Multiple sources tell that So Tom changed from UTC to UTC+1 as
   1259  1.1.1.13  kre # they entered the year 2018.
   1260  1.1.1.13  kre # From Michael Deckers (2018-01-08):
   1261  1.1.1.13  kre # the switch is from 01:00 to 02:00 ... [Decree No. 25/2017]
   1262  1.1.1.13  kre # http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017
   1263  1.1.1.13  kre 
   1264  1.1.1.19  kre # From Vadim Nasardinov (2018-12-29):
   1265  1.1.1.19  kre # So Tom and Prncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019:
   1266  1.1.1.19  kre # https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/
   1267  1.1.1.19  kre #
   1268  1.1.1.19  kre # From Michael Deckers (2018-12-30):
   1269  1.1.1.19  kre # https://www.legis-palop.org/download.jsp?idFile=102818
   1270  1.1.1.19  kre # ... [The legal time of the country, which coincides with universal
   1271  1.1.1.19  kre # coordinated time, will be restituted at 2 o'clock on day 1 of January, 2019.]
   1272  1.1.1.19  kre 
   1273  1.1.1.13  kre Zone	Africa/Sao_Tome	 0:26:56 -	LMT	1884
   1274  1.1.1.14  kre 			-0:36:45 -	LMT	1912 Jan  1 00:00u # Lisbon MT
   1275  1.1.1.13  kre 			 0:00	-	GMT	2018 Jan  1 01:00
   1276  1.1.1.19  kre 			 1:00	-	WAT	2019 Jan  1 02:00
   1277  1.1.1.19  kre 			 0:00	-	GMT
   1278  1.1.1.13  kre 
   1279       1.1  apb # Senegal
   1280       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
   1281       1.1  apb 
   1282       1.1  apb # Seychelles
   1283  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1284   1.1.1.2  apb Zone	Indian/Mahe	3:41:48 -	LMT	1906 Jun # Victoria
   1285  1.1.1.10  kre 			4:00	-	+04
   1286       1.1  apb # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
   1287       1.1  apb # Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
   1288       1.1  apb # Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
   1289       1.1  apb # in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976.  We don't know
   1290       1.1  apb # whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
   1291       1.1  apb # Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
   1292       1.1  apb 
   1293       1.1  apb # Sierra Leone
   1294       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
   1295       1.1  apb 
   1296       1.1  apb # Somalia
   1297   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
   1298       1.1  apb 
   1299       1.1  apb # South Africa
   1300       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1301       1.1  apb Rule	SA	1942	1943	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
   1302       1.1  apb Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
   1303  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1304       1.1  apb Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
   1305       1.1  apb 			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
   1306       1.1  apb 			2:00	SA	SAST
   1307   1.1.1.3  apb Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru	   # Lesotho
   1308  1.1.1.20  kre Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane    # Eswatini
   1309   1.1.1.3  apb #
   1310       1.1  apb # Marion and Prince Edward Is
   1311       1.1  apb # scientific station since 1947
   1312       1.1  apb # no information
   1313       1.1  apb 
   1314       1.1  apb # Sudan
   1315  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1316       1.1  apb # From <http://www.sunanews.net/sn13jane.html>
   1317       1.1  apb # Sudan News Agency (2000-01-13),
   1318       1.1  apb # also reported by Michal De Beukelaer-Dossche via Steffen Thorsen:
   1319       1.1  apb # Clocks will be moved ahead for 60 minutes all over the Sudan as of noon
   1320       1.1  apb # Saturday....  This was announced Thursday by Caretaker State Minister for
   1321       1.1  apb # Manpower Abdul-Rahman Nur-Eddin.
   1322  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1323  1.1.1.12  kre # From Ahmed Atyya, National Telecommunications Corp. (NTC), Sudan (2017-10-17):
   1324  1.1.1.12  kre # ... the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT+3:00)
   1325  1.1.1.12  kre # to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017.
   1326  1.1.1.12  kre #
   1327  1.1.1.12  kre # From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):
   1328  1.1.1.12  kre # A scanned copy (in Arabic) of Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the
   1329  1.1.1.12  kre # year 2017 can be found as an attachment in email today from Yahia
   1330  1.1.1.12  kre # Abdalla of NTC, archived at:
   1331  1.1.1.12  kre # https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025333.html
   1332  1.1.1.12  kre 
   1333       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1334       1.1  apb Rule	Sudan	1970	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1335       1.1  apb Rule	Sudan	1970	1985	-	Oct	15	0:00	0	-
   1336       1.1  apb Rule	Sudan	1971	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	S
   1337       1.1  apb Rule	Sudan	1972	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
   1338  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1339       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
   1340       1.1  apb 			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
   1341  1.1.1.12  kre 			3:00	-	EAT	2017 Nov  1
   1342  1.1.1.12  kre 			2:00	-	CAT
   1343       1.1  apb 
   1344       1.1  apb # South Sudan
   1345  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1346  1.1.1.12  kre Zone	Africa/Juba	2:06:28 -	LMT	1931
   1347  1.1.1.12  kre 			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
   1348  1.1.1.12  kre 			3:00	-	EAT
   1349       1.1  apb 
   1350       1.1  apb # Tanzania
   1351   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
   1352       1.1  apb 
   1353       1.1  apb # Togo
   1354       1.1  apb # See Africa/Abidjan.
   1355       1.1  apb 
   1356       1.1  apb # Tunisia
   1357       1.1  apb 
   1358       1.1  apb # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):
   1359       1.1  apb # My correspondent, Risto Nyknen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
   1360       1.1  apb # this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
   1361       1.1  apb # <http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
   1362       1.1  apb # and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
   1363       1.1  apb # one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
   1364       1.1  apb # UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
   1365       1.1  apb # Saturday."  (My translation)
   1366       1.1  apb #
   1367       1.1  apb # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):
   1368       1.1  apb # La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ...
   1369   1.1.1.2  apb # http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html
   1370       1.1  apb # ... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
   1371       1.1  apb # 1h standard time.
   1372       1.1  apb #
   1373       1.1  apb # From Atef Loukil (2006-03-28):
   1374       1.1  apb # The daylight saving time will be the same each year:
   1375       1.1  apb # Beginning      : the last Sunday of March at 02:00
   1376       1.1  apb # Ending         : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ...
   1377       1.1  apb # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50
   1378       1.1  apb 
   1379       1.1  apb # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16):
   1380       1.1  apb # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
   1381       1.1  apb # (Arabic)
   1382       1.1  apb # http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546
   1383  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp
   1384       1.1  apb #
   1385       1.1  apb # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia.
   1386       1.1  apb # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page:
   1387  1.1.1.12  kre # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html
   1388       1.1  apb 
   1389       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17):
   1390       1.1  apb # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency
   1391       1.1  apb #
   1392       1.1  apb # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn):
   1393       1.1  apb #
   1394       1.1  apb # (in English)
   1395       1.1  apb # http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157
   1396       1.1  apb #
   1397       1.1  apb # (in Arabic)
   1398       1.1  apb # http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1
   1399       1.1  apb 
   1400       1.1  apb # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18):
   1401       1.1  apb # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is
   1402       1.1  apb # due to the fact that the fasting month of Ramadan coincides with the period
   1403       1.1  apb # concerned by summer time.  Therefore, the standard time will be kept
   1404       1.1  apb # unchanged the whole year long."  So foregoing DST seems to be an exception
   1405       1.1  apb # (albeit one that may be repeated in the future).
   1406       1.1  apb 
   1407       1.1  apb # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27):
   1408       1.1  apb # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010
   1409       1.1  apb #
   1410       1.1  apb # (translation):
   1411       1.1  apb # "The Tunisian government has decided to abandon DST, which was scheduled on
   1412       1.1  apb # Sunday...
   1413       1.1  apb # Tunisian authorities had suspended the DST for the first time last year also
   1414       1.1  apb # coincided with the month of Ramadan..."
   1415       1.1  apb #
   1416       1.1  apb # (in Arabic)
   1417       1.1  apb # http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1
   1418       1.1  apb # http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036
   1419       1.1  apb # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html
   1420       1.1  apb 
   1421       1.1  apb # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1422       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
   1423       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1939	only	-	Nov	18	23:00s	0	-
   1424       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1940	only	-	Feb	25	23:00s	1:00	S
   1425       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	0	-
   1426       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
   1427       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	0	-
   1428       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	1:00	S
   1429       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	17	 2:00	0	-
   1430       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Apr	25	 2:00	1:00	S
   1431       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00	0	-
   1432       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
   1433       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 0:00	0	-
   1434       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 0:00	0	-
   1435       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Apr	30	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1436       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1977	only	-	Sep	24	 0:00s	0	-
   1437       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1438       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00s	0	-
   1439       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1988	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1440       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1988	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00s	0	-
   1441       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1989	only	-	Mar	26	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1442       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	1990	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1443       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	May	 1	 0:00s	1:00	S
   1444       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	2005	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00s	0	-
   1445       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
   1446       1.1  apb Rule	Tunisia	2006	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
   1447       1.1  apb 
   1448       1.1  apb # Shanks & Pottenger give 0:09:20 for Paris Mean Time; go with Howse's
   1449       1.1  apb # more precise 0:09:21.
   1450       1.1  apb # Shanks & Pottenger say the 1911 switch was on Mar 9; go with Howse's Mar 11.
   1451  1.1.1.21  kre # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1452       1.1  apb Zone	Africa/Tunis	0:40:44 -	LMT	1881 May 12
   1453   1.1.1.2  apb 			0:09:21	-	PMT	1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
   1454       1.1  apb 			1:00	Tunisia	CE%sT
   1455       1.1  apb 
   1456       1.1  apb # Uganda
   1457   1.1.1.4  apb # See Africa/Nairobi.
   1458       1.1  apb 
   1459       1.1  apb # Zambia
   1460       1.1  apb # Zimbabwe
   1461   1.1.1.3  apb # See Africa/Maputo.
   1462