@@ -126,17 +126,16 @@ Zone Africa/Algiers 0:12:12 - LMT 1891 Mar 16
126126
127127# Cape Verde / Cabo Verde
128128#
129- # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
130- # Shanks gives 1907 for the transition to +02.
131- # For now, ignore that and follow the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
132- # (see Europe/Lisbon).
129+ # From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
130+ # For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
131+ # Shanks gives 1907 instead for the transition to -02.
133132#
134133# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
135134Zone Atlantic/Cape_Verde -1:34:04 - LMT 1912 Jan 01 2:00u # Praia
136- -2:00 - -02 1942 Sep
137- -2:00 1:00 -01 1945 Oct 15
138- -2:00 - -02 1975 Nov 25 2:00
139- -1:00 - -01
135+ -2:00 - %z 1942 Sep
136+ -2:00 1:00 %z 1945 Oct 15
137+ -2:00 - %z 1975 Nov 25 2:00
138+ -1:00 - %z
140139
141140# Chad
142141# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -368,14 +367,12 @@ Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
368367
369368# Guinea-Bissau
370369#
371- # From Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
372- # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
373- # evidently confusing the date of the Portuguese decree
374- # (see Europe/Lisbon) with the date that it took effect.
370+ # From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01), per Paul Eggert (2018-02-16):
371+ # For timestamps before independence, see commentary for Europe/Lisbon.
375372#
376373# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377374Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u
378- -1:00 - -01 1975
375+ -1:00 - %z 1975
379376 0:00 - GMT
380377
381378# Comoros
@@ -440,10 +437,10 @@ Zone Africa/Bissau -1:02:20 - LMT 1912 Jan 1 1:00u
440437
441438# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
442439Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1908 May
443- 2:30 - +0230 1928 Jun 30 24:00
440+ 2:30 - %z 1928 Jun 30 24:00
444441 3:00 - EAT 1930 Jan 4 24:00
445- 2:30 - +0230 1936 Dec 31 24:00
446- 2:45 - +0245 1942 Jul 31 24:00
442+ 2:30 - %z 1936 Dec 31 24:00
443+ 2:45 - %z 1942 Jul 31 24:00
447444 3:00 - EAT
448445
449446# Liberia
@@ -614,7 +611,7 @@ Rule Mauritius 2008 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
614611Rule Mauritius 2009 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
615612# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
616613Zone Indian/Mauritius 3:50:00 - LMT 1907 # Port Louis
617- 4:00 Mauritius +04/+05
614+ 4:00 Mauritius %z
618615# Agalega Is, Rodriguez
619616# no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
620617
@@ -1094,10 +1091,10 @@ Rule Morocco 2087 only - May 11 2:00 0 -
10941091
10951092# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
10961093Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
1097- 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 1984 Mar 16
1098- 1:00 - +01 1986
1099- 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00
1100- 1:00 Morocco +01/+00
1094+ 0:00 Morocco %z 1984 Mar 16
1095+ 1:00 - %z 1986
1096+ 0:00 Morocco %z 2018 Oct 28 3:00
1097+ 1:00 Morocco %z
11011098
11021099# Western Sahara
11031100#
@@ -1111,9 +1108,9 @@ Zone Africa/Casablanca -0:30:20 - LMT 1913 Oct 26
11111108# since most of it was then controlled by Morocco.
11121109
11131110Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún
1114- -1:00 - -01 1976 Apr 14
1115- 0:00 Morocco +00/+01 2018 Oct 28 3:00
1116- 1:00 Morocco +01/+00
1111+ -1:00 - %z 1976 Apr 14
1112+ 0:00 Morocco %z 2018 Oct 28 3:00
1113+ 1:00 Morocco %z
11171114
11181115# Botswana
11191116# Burundi
@@ -1124,13 +1121,27 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun -0:52:48 - LMT 1934 Jan # El Aaiún
11241121# Zambia
11251122# Zimbabwe
11261123#
1127- # Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT.
1128- # Perhaps the 1911-05-26 Portuguese decree
1129- # https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1911/05/12500/23132313.pdf
1130- # merely made it official?
1124+ # From Tim Parenti (2024-07-01):
1125+ # For timestamps before Mozambique's independence, see commentary for
1126+ # Europe/Lisbon.
1127+ #
1128+ # From Paul Eggert (2024-05-24):
1129+ # The London Gazette, 1903-04-03, page 2245, says that
1130+ # as of 1903-03-03 a time ball at the port of Lourenço Marques
1131+ # (as Maputo was then called) was dropped daily at 13:00:00 LMT,
1132+ # corresponding to 22:49:41.7 GMT, so local time was +02:10:18.3.
1133+ # Conversely, the newspaper South Africa, 1909-02-09, page 321,
1134+ # says the port had just installed an apparatus that communicated
1135+ # "from the controlling clock in the new Observatory at Reuben Point ...
1136+ # exact mean South African time, i.e., 30 deg., or 2 hours East of Greenwich".
1137+ # Although Shanks gives 1903-03-01 for the transition to CAT,
1138+ # evidently the port transitioned to CAT after 1903-03-03 but before
1139+ # the Portuguese legal transition of 1912-01-01 (see Europe/Lisbon commentary).
1140+ # For lack of better info, list 1909 as the transition date.
11311141#
11321142# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1133- Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Mar
1143+ #STDOFF 2:10:18.3
1144+ Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:18 - LMT 1909
11341145 2:00 - CAT
11351146
11361147# Namibia
@@ -1195,7 +1206,7 @@ Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -1:00 WAT
11951206
11961207# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
11971208Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
1198- 1:30 - +0130 1903 Mar
1209+ 1:30 - %z 1903 Mar
11991210 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00
12001211 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00
12011212 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence
@@ -1283,7 +1294,7 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8
12831294Zone Africa/Lagos 0:13:35 - LMT 1905 Jul 1
12841295 0:00 - GMT 1908 Jul 1
12851296 0:13:35 - LMT 1914 Jan 1
1286- 0:30 - +0030 1919 Sep 1
1297+ 0:30 - %z 1919 Sep 1
12871298 1:00 - WAT
12881299
12891300# São Tomé and Príncipe
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