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@@ -451,6 +451,14 @@ Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
# (either two days before them or five days after them, so as to fall on
# lastFri instead of lastSun).
+# From Even Scharning (2013-10-25):
+# The scheduled end of DST in Libya on Friday, October 25, 2013 was
+# cancelled yesterday....
+# http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/24/correction-no-time-change-tomorrow/
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-25):
+# For now, assume they're reverting to the pre-2012 rules of permanent UTC+2.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Libya 1951 only - Oct 14 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Libya 1952 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -467,8 +475,8 @@ Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Libya 1987 1989 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Libya 1997 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Libya 1997 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 -
-Rule Libya 2013 max - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S
-Rule Libya 2013 max - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 -
+Rule Libya 2013 only - Mar lastFri 1:00 1:00 S
+Rule Libya 2013 only - Oct lastFri 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
1:00 Libya CE%sT 1959
@@ -479,7 +487,8 @@ Zone Africa/Tripoli 0:52:44 - LMT 1920
2:00 - EET 1996 Sep 30
1:00 Libya CE%sT 1997 Oct 4
2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00
- 1:00 Libya CE%sT
+ 1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00
+ 2:00 - EET
# Madagascar
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -684,15 +693,6 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
# </a>
-# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
-# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
-# Morocco DST changes? Any information? What about other part of
-# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
-# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
-# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
-
# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27):
# Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31
# and September 1. They originally planned to observe DST to near the end
@@ -868,13 +868,13 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
# Another source (specifying the time for start and end in the decree):
# http://www.lemag.ma/Heure-d-ete-au-Maroc-jusqu-au-27-octobre_a75620.html
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-30):
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-03):
# To estimate what the Moroccan government will do in future years,
-# transition dates for 2014 through 2037 were determined by running
+# transition dates for 2014 through 2038 were determined by running
# the following program under GNU Emacs 24.3:
#
# (let ((islamic-year 1435))
-# (while (< islamic-year 1460)
+# (while (< islamic-year 1461)
# (let ((a
# (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
# (calendar-islamic-to-absolute (list 9 1 islamic-year))))
@@ -894,9 +894,13 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou
# all transitions removed for 2026-2035, where the estimated Ramadan
# falls entirely outside daylight-saving time; and with fall-back
# transitions removed for 2036-2037, where the normal fall-back
-# date falls during the estimated Ramadan. Problems continue after that,
-# but 32-bit time_t values roll around in 2038 so for now do not worry
-# about dates after 2037.
+# date falls during the estimated Ramadan. Normally, the table would
+# stop after 2037 because 32-bit time_t values roll around early in 2038,
+# but that would imply a prediction of perpetual DST after March 2038
+# due to the year-2037 glitches. So, this table instead stops after
+# 2038, the first non-glitchy year after the 32-bit rollover.
+# An advantage of stopping after 2038 is that it lets zic guess
+# TZ='WET0WEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3' for time stamps far in the future.
# RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -955,16 +959,30 @@ Rule Morocco 2025 only - Mar 31 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 2026 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Morocco 2036 only - Oct 21 3:00 0 -
Rule Morocco 2037 only - Oct 11 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2038 only - Sep 30 3:00 0 -
+Rule Morocco 2038 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Morocco 2038 max - Oct lastSun 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
0:00 Morocco WE%sT 1984 Mar 16
1:00 - CET 1986
0:00 Morocco WE%sT
+
# Western Sahara
+#
+# From Gwillim Law (2013-10-22):
+# A correspondent who is usually well informed about time zone matters
+# ... says that Western Sahara observes daylight saving time, just as
+# Morocco does.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-23):
+# Assume that this has been true since Western Sahara switched to GMT,
+# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
+
Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan
-1:00 - WAT 1976 Apr 14
- 0:00 - WET
+ 0:00 Morocco WE%sT
# Mozambique
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]