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<p><font face="monospace">In file backzone there is an entry for
Africa/Lubumbashi<br>
# Democratic Republic of the Congo (east)<br>
Zone Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9<br>
2:00 - CAT</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">There are scarce sources for time zones of
former Belgian Congo.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">My main source for its time zone history
is <br>
Henri le Corre, Régimes horaires pour l'Europe et l'Afrique.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">He has for the eastern provinces of Zaire
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<p><font face="monospace">GMT + 1 between 1897 Nov 9</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">GMT + 2 since 1920 Apr 25.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">Shanks follows le Corre. As does Francoise
Schneider Gauquelin in he book<br>
Problèmes de l'heure resolus pout le monde entier.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">I think this is sufficient reason to
change the zone into</font></p>
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<font face="monospace"><font face="monospace">Zone
Africa/Lubumbashi 1:49:52 - LMT 1897 Nov 9<br>
<font color="#ff2600"> 1:00 -
WAT 1920 Apr 25</font><br>
2:00 - CAT</font></font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">For the province of Kisangani, formerly
Stanleyville, le Corre gives a transition from GMT +1 to GMT + 2
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on 1935 Jun 14. But as this agrees with Lubumbashi after 1970, I
do not expect the creation of another<br>
backzone entry for that. This task will be left for my private
pre-1970 TZ extensions.<br>
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