>From 379c0ed55fd60b2bdf5e375a2e4f2fc33f7b7076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 17:44:35 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Nambia's 1994 switch was on March 21, not April 3 (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) * NEWS: Document this. * africa (Namibia, Africa/Windhoek): Implement it. --- NEWS | 3 +++ africa | 15 ++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 370a39f..69b6a8b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to past time stamps + Namibia switched from +02 to +01 on 1994-03-21, not 1994-04-03. + (Thanks to Arthur David Olson.) + Detroit did not observe DST in 1967. Use railway time for Asia/Kolkata before 1941, by switching to diff --git a/africa b/africa index 3b0e77f..e384199 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -937,9 +937,17 @@ 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. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2017-08-09): +# The text of the "Namibia Time Act, 1994" is available online at +# www.lac.org.na/laws/1994/811.pdf +# and includes this nugget: +# Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1, the +# first winter period after the commencement of this Act shall +# commence at OOhOO on Monday 21 March 1994 and shall end at 02h00 on +# Sunday 4 September 1994. # From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30): # http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html @@ -967,6 +975,7 @@ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka # Zambia # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/namibia-new-time-zone.html # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Namibia 1994 only - Mar 21 0:00 0 - Rule Namibia 1994 2017 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Namibia 1995 2017 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -975,7 +984,7 @@ Zone Africa/Windhoek 1:08:24 - LMT 1892 Feb 8 2:00 - SAST 1942 Sep 20 2:00 2:00 1:00 SAST 1943 Mar 21 2:00 2:00 - SAST 1990 Mar 21 # independence - 2:00 - CAT 1994 Apr 3 + 2:00 - CAT 1994 Mar 21 0:00 1:00 Namibia WA%sT 2017 Sep 3 2:00 2:00 - CAT -- 2.7.4