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5722 Update timezone info db to 2015a
@@ -4,25 +4,24 @@
# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# 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.
+# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
+# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
-# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
-#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
@@ -63,11 +62,10 @@
# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 SAST South Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
# 3:00 EAT East Africa Time
-# 4:00 EAST East Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
# Algeria
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Algeria 1916 only - Jun 14 23:00s 1:00 S
Rule Algeria 1916 1919 - Oct Sun>=1 23:00s 0 -
@@ -108,27 +106,17 @@
# Angola
# Benin
# See Africa/Lagos.
# Botswana
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
-# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
-# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Gaborone 1:43:40 - LMT 1885
- 1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - CAT 1943 Sep 19 2:00
- 2:00 1:00 CAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
- 2:00 - CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
# Burkina Faso
# See Africa/Abidjan.
# Burundi
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Bujumbura 1:57:28 - LMT 1890
- 2:00 - CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
# Cameroon
# See Africa/Lagos.
# Cape Verde
@@ -154,19 +142,14 @@
1:00 - WAT 1979 Oct 14
1:00 1:00 WAST 1980 Mar 8
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
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9
- 2:00 - CAT
-# The above is for the eastern part; see Africa/Lagos for the western part.
+# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern.
# Republic of the Congo
# See Africa/Lagos.
# Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
@@ -183,13 +166,11 @@
Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou # Burkina Faso
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.
###############################################################################
# Egypt
@@ -314,11 +295,11 @@
# From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07):
# Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15
# http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/100735/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-government-to-reapply-daylight-saving-time-.aspx
-# From Gunther Vermier (2015-05-13):
+# From Gunther Vermier (2014-05-13):
# our Egypt office confirms that the change will be at 15 May "midnight" (24:00)
# From Imed Chihi (2014-06-04):
# We have finally "located" a precise official reference about the DST changes
# in Egypt. The Ministers Cabinet decision is explained at
@@ -398,31 +379,12 @@
# Equatorial Guinea
# 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.
# Gambia
@@ -462,17 +424,22 @@
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
3:00 - EAT 1930
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
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Maseru 1:50:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - SAST 1943 Sep 19 2:00
- 2:00 1:00 SAST 1944 Mar 19 2:00
- 2:00 - SAST
+# See Africa/Johannesburg.
# Liberia
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
@@ -543,20 +510,14 @@
2:00 - EET 2012 Nov 10 2:00
1:00 Libya CE%sT 2013 Oct 25 2:00
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
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Blantyre 2:20:00 - LMT 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
# Mali
# Mauritania
# See Africa/Abidjan.
@@ -652,13 +613,11 @@
4:00 Mauritius MU%sT # Mauritius Time
# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
# 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).
# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
@@ -962,10 +921,17 @@
# merely made it official?
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
2:00 - CAT
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre # Malawi
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura # Burundi
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone # Botswana
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare # Zimbabwe
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali # Rwanda
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi # E Dem. Rep. of Congo
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia
# Namibia
# The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
# Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA.
@@ -1029,13 +995,11 @@
# Glorioso Is - inhabited until at least 1958
# Juan de Nova - uninhabited
# Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
# Rwanda
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Kigali 2:00:16 - LMT 1935 Jun
- 2:00 - CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
# St Helena
# See Africa/Abidjan.
# The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar:
# Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA
@@ -1061,24 +1025,23 @@
# Sierra Leone
# 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
Rule SA 1942 1943 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 -
Rule SA 1943 1944 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
1:30 - SAST 1903 Mar
2:00 SA SAST
+Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru # Lesotho
+Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane # Swaziland
+#
# Marion and Prince Edward Is
# scientific station since 1947
# no information
# Sudan
@@ -1102,20 +1065,14 @@
# South Sudan
Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba
# Swaziland
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Mbabane 2:04:24 - LMT 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - SAST
+# 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.
# Tunisia
@@ -1217,21 +1174,10 @@
Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12
0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time
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
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Lusaka 1:53:08 - LMT 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - CAT
-
# Zimbabwe
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Harare 2:04:12 - LMT 1903 Mar
- 2:00 - CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.