diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'src/timezone/data/africa')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/timezone/data/africa | 79 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/src/timezone/data/africa b/src/timezone/data/africa index b17c62b7e31..1b9bf50da22 100644 --- a/src/timezone/data/africa +++ b/src/timezone/data/africa @@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): # -# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is +# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). +# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries -# of the IATA's data after 1990. -# -# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for -# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. +# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, +# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ # 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # 3:00 EAT East Africa Time -# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used) # Algeria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -146,9 +144,7 @@ Zone Africa/Ndjamena 1:00:12 - LMT 1912 # N'Djamena 1:00 - WAT # Comoros -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Comoro 2:53:04 - LMT 1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Democratic Republic of the Congo # See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern. @@ -172,9 +168,7 @@ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Sao_Tome # São Tomé and Príncipe Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena # St Helena # Djibouti -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Djibouti 2:52:36 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. ############################################################################### @@ -387,27 +381,8 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct # See Africa/Lagos. # Eritrea -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Asmara 2:35:32 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:32 - AMT 1890 # Asmara Mean Time - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT - # Ethiopia -# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-31): -# Like the Swahili of Kenya and Tanzania, many Ethiopians keep a -# 12-hour clock starting at our 06:00, so their "8 o'clock" is our -# 02:00 or 14:00. Keep this in mind when you ask the time in Amharic. -# -# Shanks & Pottenger write that Ethiopia had six narrowly-spaced time -# zones between 1870 and 1890, that they merged to 38E50 (2:35:20) in -# 1890, and that they switched to 3:00 on 1936-05-05. Perhaps 38E50 -# was for Adis Dera. Quite likely the Shanks data entries are wrong -# anyway. -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Addis_Ababa 2:34:48 - LMT 1870 - 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Gabon # See Africa/Lagos. @@ -451,6 +426,15 @@ Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul 2:30 - BEAT 1940 2:45 - BEAUT 1960 3:00 - EAT +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda +Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo # Madagascar +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro +Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte # Lesotho # See Africa/Johannesburg. @@ -528,11 +512,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 2:00 - EET # Madagascar -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 - LMT 1911 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s - 3:00 1:00 EAST 1954 May 29 23:00s - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Malawi # See Africa/Maputo. @@ -635,9 +615,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius # Mayotte -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Morocco # See the 'europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta). @@ -1049,11 +1027,7 @@ Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria # See Africa/Abidjan. # Somalia -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Mogadishu 3:01:28 - LMT 1893 Nov - 3:00 - EAT 1931 - 2:30 - BEAT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # South Africa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1096,11 +1070,7 @@ Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba # See Africa/Johannesburg. # Tanzania -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931 - 3:00 - EAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1961 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Togo # See Africa/Abidjan. @@ -1206,12 +1176,7 @@ Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT # Uganda -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul - 3:00 - EAT 1930 - 2:30 - BEAT 1948 - 2:45 - BEAUT 1957 - 3:00 - EAT +# See Africa/Nairobi. # Zambia # Zimbabwe |