@@ -420,18 +420,25 @@ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte
420420# See Africa/Johannesburg.
421421
422422# Liberia
423- # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
424- # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch
425- # from a UTC offset that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes.
426- # Howse reports that it was in honor of their president's birthday.
427- # Shank & Pottenger report the date as May 1, whereas Howse reports Jan;
428- # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
429- # For Liberia before 1972, Shanks & Pottenger report -0:44, whereas Howse and
430- # Whitman each report -0:44:30; go with the more precise figure.
423+ #
424+ # From Paul Eggert (2017-03-02):
425+ #
426+ # The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1970, p 264, is the source for -0:44:30.
427+ #
428+ # In 1972 Liberia was the last country to switch from a UTC offset
429+ # that was not a multiple of 15 or 20 minutes. The 1972 change was on
430+ # 1972-01-07, according to an entry dated 1972-01-04 on p 330 of:
431+ # Presidential Papers: First year of the administration of
432+ # President William R. Tolbert, Jr., July 23, 1971-July 31, 1972.
433+ # Monrovia: Executive Mansion.
434+ #
435+ # Use the abbreviation "MMT" before 1972, as the more-accurate numeric
436+ # abbreviation "-004430" would be one byte over the POSIX limit.
437+ #
431438# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
432439Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882
433440 -0:43:08 - MMT 1919 Mar # Monrovia Mean Time
434- -0:44:30 - -004430 1972 May
441+ -0:44:30 - MMT 1972 Jan 7 # approximately MMT
435442 0:00 - GMT
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