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+ # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31 ):
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- # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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+ # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
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# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
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# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
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+ # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
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# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
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- # of the IATA's data after 1990.
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- #
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- # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
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- # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
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+ # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
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+ # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
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# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
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# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
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# 3:00 CAST Central Africa Summer Time (no longer used)
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# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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- # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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+ # See Africa/Nairobi.
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# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern.
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+ # See Africa/Nairobi.
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- 2:35:20 - ADMT 1936 May 5 # Adis Dera MT
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa # Ethiopia
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara # Eritrea
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam # Tanzania
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala # Uganda
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+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu # Somalia
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