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diff --git a/timezone/africa b/timezone/africa index d5d85444e8..69657c0176 100644 --- a/timezone/africa +++ b/timezone/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 7.31 +# @(#)africa 7.32 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): # # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport @@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar # Shanks reports the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan; go with Shanks. # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks reports -0:44, whereas Howse and Whitman # each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure. -# -# From Shanks, as corrected by Whitman: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time @@ -320,18 +318,16 @@ Rule Libya 1986 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1986 only - Oct 3 0:00 0 - Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Libya 1987 1990 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Libya 1990 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1996 only - Mar 30 2:00s 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1996 only - Sep 30 2:00s 0 - -Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959 2:00 - EET 1982 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1991 - 2:00 - EET 1996 Mar 30 3:00 - 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4 0:00 + 1:00 Libya CE%sT 1990 May 4 +# The following entries are all from Shanks; +# the IATA SSIM data contain some obvious errors. + 2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30 + 1:00 - CET 1997 Apr 4 + 1:00 1:00 CEST 1997 Oct 4 2:00 - EET # Madagascar @@ -409,8 +405,8 @@ Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar 2:00 - CAT # Namibia -# Shanks says DST transitions are at 0:00; go with IATA. # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks. +# Shanks reports no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - @@ -458,9 +454,6 @@ Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun 2:00 - CAT # St Helena -# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-05): -# Shanks says St Helena was 1W26 (-0:05:44) from 1890 to 1951, -# but this is most likely a typo for 5W42, the longitude of Jamestown. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/St_Helena -0:22:48 - LMT 1890 # Jamestown -0:22:48 - JMT 1951 # Jamestown Mean Time @@ -517,9 +510,6 @@ Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar 2:00 SA SAST -# Shanks erroneously claims that most of South Africa switched to 1:00 -# on 1994-04-03 at 00:00. -# # Marion and Prince Edward Is # scientific station since 1947 # no information |