-# @(#)africa 7.34
-
-# $FreeBSD: src/share/zoneinfo/africa,v 1.12 2000/10/25 19:36:48 wollman Exp $
+# @(#)africa 7.36
# 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
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
+# 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
# I invented the following abbreviations; corrections are welcome!
# 2:00 WAST West Africa Summer Time
# 2:30 BEAT British East Africa Time (no longer used)
-# 2:45 BEAUT British East Africa Unified Time (no longer used)
+# 2:44:45 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
# Angola
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Luanda 0:52:56 - LMT 1892
- 0:52:04 - LMT 1911 May 26 # Luanda Mean Time?
+ 0:52:04 - AOT 1911 May 26 # Angola Time
1:00 - WAT
# Benin
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1928 Jul
3:00 - EAT 1930
2:30 - BEAT 1940
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1960
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1960
3:00 - EAT
# Lesotho
2:00 - SAST
# Liberia
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (2001-07-17):
# In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
-# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 minutes.
+# from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
# Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
# 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
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Mahe 3:41:48 - LMT 1906 Jun # Victoria
4:00 - SCT # Seychelles Time
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
+# Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches, originally dependencies of the
+# Seychelles, were transferred to the British Indian Ocean Territory
+# in 1965 and returned to Seychelles control in 1976. We don't know
+# whether this affected their time zone, so omit this for now.
+# Possibly the islands were uninhabited.
# Sierra Leone
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2:37:08 - LMT 1931
3:00 - EAT 1948
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1961
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1961
3:00 - EAT
# Togo
Zone Africa/Kampala 2:09:40 - LMT 1928 Jul
3:00 - EAT 1930
2:30 - BEAT 1948
- 2:45 - BEAUT 1957
+ 2:44:45 - BEAUT 1957
3:00 - EAT
# Zambia