Time in Africa explained

Time in Africa
Time Zone:Cape Verde Time
Central European Time
East Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Greenwich Mean Time
Mauritius Time
Seychelles Time
South African Standard Time
West Africa Time
Offset: to
Notation:24-hour clock
12-hour clock (uncommon)[1]
Tz:Africa

Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): to . As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year and as such daylight saving time is currently observed in only one country, Morocco, however it was also previously observed in several other countries.[2] [3]

Before the wide adoption of standard time zones, local mean time was widely used in railway time for train timetables and telegraphic time for telegraphy. Local mean time is a solar time that corrects the variations of local apparent time by forming a uniform time scale at a specific longitude;[4] for instance, Liberia observed UTC−0:44:30 instead of an approximate offset such as UTC−01:00. British Rhodesia (at the time administered by the private British South Africa Company) was the first area in Africa to adopt standard time, switching to on 1 August 1899 as the previous time standards proved problematic for the railway system. Other countries followed suit, and by 1912, most Portuguese, French and British territories had adopted a standard offset. Liberia was the last country in Africa to adopt a standard offset, doing so on 7 January 1972.

Names for the offsets vary by country and jurisdiction: in Africa, is commonly known as "West Africa Time", however Algeria,[5] Morocco and Tunisia[6] designate the offset by its European name, "Central European Time"; – commonly known as "Central Africa Time" – is designated as "South African Standard Time" by Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa,[7] whilst Egypt[8] and Libya[9] designate it by its European name "Eastern European Time". Cape Verde is the only country in Africa which observes UTC−01:00, where it is known as Cape Verde Time (CVT); thirteen countries observe, fourteen observe UTC+01:00, sixteen observe UTC+02:00, nine observe, and two (Mauritius and Seychelles) observe UTC+04:00, where the offset is designated as Mauritius Time (MUT)[10] and Seychelles Time (SCT)[11] respectively.

History

Before the wide adoption of standard time zones, local mean time, which is a solar time that corrects the variations of local apparent time by forming a uniform time scale at a specific longitude,[4] such as railway time for train timetables and telegraphic time for telegraphy, was widely used. Due to the large size of the British company rule in Rhodesia, it meant Rhodesia observed three standards of time: UTC+01:30, +2:15 and +2:30; this was problematic for the railway system, so on 1 August 1899 the standard time zones UTC+02:30 was adopted nationwide,[12] consequently resulting in this being the first standard time in Africa. This would soon be followed by Egypt, which adopted standard time on 1 October 1900; Nigeria adopted standard time on 1 July 1905, Seychelles in 1906, Mauritius on 1 January 1907, Togo in 1907, Algeria on 11 March 1911 and Tunisia on 12 April 1911. Most Portuguese territories (including Cape Verde and Mozambique) adopted standard time on 26 May 1911, followed by most remaining French and British territories on 1 July 1911 and 1 January 1912. The Gambia adopted standard time in 1918. Liberia was the last country in Africa to adopt a standard offset, doing so on 7 January 1972. The latest time change was South Sudan, which switched from UTC+3 to +2 on 1 February 2021.

Daylight saving time

See main article: Daylight saving time in Africa. As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year and as such daylight saving time (DST) is currently observed in only one country, Morocco, however it was also previously observed in several other countries: the countries that formerly observed DST are South Africa, which last observed it in 1944,[13] Cape Verde in 1945, Madagascar in 1954, Ghana in 1956,[14] Sierra Leone in 1962,[15] Algeria and Chad in 1980, Sudan in 1985, Tunisia in 2008,[16] Mauritius in 2009, Libya in 2012,[17] Egypt in 2015,[18] and Namibia in 2017.[19] Since 2019,[20] Morocco has observed UTC+01:00 year round except during the month of Ramadan, when it switches to UTC±00:00 as to not interfere with the month's fasting (sawm).[21] [22]

Time zones

CountryTime zoneAbbr.Adoptedzone.tab[23]
Cape Verde Time[24] [25]
[26] Cape Verde Time[27] CVT26 May 1911Atlantic/Cape Verde
Greenwich Mean Time
[28] Greenwich Mean Time[29] GMT1 January 1912Africa/Ouagadougou
[30] Greenwich Mean Time[31] GMT1 January 1911Africa/Abidjan
[32] Greenwich Mean Time[33] GMT1918[34] Africa/Banjul
[35] Greenwich Mean Time[36] GMT2 November 1915[37] –31 January 1942[38]
24 October 1945 (readopted)[39]
Africa/Accra
[40] Greenwich Mean Time[41] GMT1 January 1912Africa/Conakry
[42] Greenwich Mean Time[43] GMT1 January 1912Africa/Bissau
[44] Greenwich Mean Time[45] GMT7 January 1972[46] Africa/Monrovia
[47] Greenwich Mean Time[48] GMT1 July 1911Africa/Bamako
[49] Greenwich Mean Time[50] GMT1 January 1912Africa/Nouakchott
[51] Greenwich Mean Time[52] GMT1 January 1912–1 January 2018[53]
1 January 2019 (readopted)[54]
Africa/Sao Tome
[55] Greenwich Mean Time[56] GMT1 January 1912Africa/Dakar
[57] Greenwich Mean Time[58] GMT1939Africa/Freetown
[59] Greenwich Mean Time[60] GMT1907Africa/Lome
West Africa Time
[61] Central European Time[62] CET11 March 1911 – 25 February 1940
7 October 1946 – 29 January 1956
14 April 1963 – 21 October 1977
May 1981
Africa/Algiers
[63] West Africa Time[64] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Luanda
[65] West Africa Time[66] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Porto-Novo
[67] West Africa Time[68] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Douala
[69] West Africa Time[70] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Bangui
[71] West Africa Time[72] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Ndjamena
(western side)[73] West Africa Time[74] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Kinshasa
[75] West Africa Time[76] WAT1968Africa/Malabo
[77] West Africa Time[78] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Libreville
[79] Central European Time[80] CET27 October 2018[81] [82] Africa/Casablanca
[83] West Africa Time[84] WAT1 January 1912Africa/Niamey
[85] West Africa Time[86] WAT1 July 1905[87] –1 July 1908[88]
1 September 1919 (readopted)[89]
Africa/Lagos
[90] West Africa Time[91] WAT1 January 1912[92] Africa/Brazzaville
[93] Central European Time[94] CET12 April 1911[95] Africa/Tunis
Central Africa Time
[96] Central Africa Time[97] CAT1984[98] Africa/Gaborone
[99] Central Africa Time[100] CAT1968Africa/Bujumbura
(eastern side)Central Africa TimeCAT1 January 1912Africa/Lubumbashi
[101] Eastern European Time[102] EET1 October 1900Africa/Cairo
[103] South African Standard Time[104] SAST1 March 1903Africa/Mbabane
[105] South African Standard Time[106] SAST1 March 1903Africa/Maseru
[107] Eastern European Time[108] EET5 November 2012[109] Africa/Tripoli
[110] Central Africa Time[111] CAT26 August 1966[112] Africa/Blantyre
[113] Central Africa Time[114] CAT1903 (de facto)
26 May 1911 (de jure)[115]
Africa/Maputo
[116] Central Africa Time[117] CAT10 November 1993[118] [119] Africa/Windhoek
[120] Central Africa Time[121] CAT1922Africa/Kigali
[122] South African Standard Time[123] [124] SAST1 March 1903[125] Africa/Johannesburg
[126] Central Africa Time[127] CAT1 February 2021[128] Africa/Juba
[129] Central Africa TimeCAT1931–15 January 2000[130]
1 November 2017 (readopted)[131]
Africa/Khartoum
[132] Central Africa Time[133] CAT1924[134] Africa/Lusaka
[135] Central Africa Time[136] CAT8 July 1899[137] [138] Africa/Harare
East Africa Time
[139] East Africa Time[140] EAT1 July 1911Indian/Comoro
[141] East Africa Time[142] EAT1 July 1911Africa/Djibouti
[143] East Africa Time[144] EAT24 May 1993Africa/Asmara
[145] East Africa Time[146] EAT17 August 1942[147] Africa/Addis Ababa
[148] East Africa Time[149] [150] EAT31 July 1942[151] Africa/Nairobi
[152] East Africa Time[153] [154] EAT1 July 1911Indian/Antananarivo
[155] East Africa Time[156] EAT1 July 1911[157] Africa/Mogadishu
[158] East Africa Time[159] [160] EAT21 January 1929[161] –1 January 1936[162]
1 August 1942[163] (readopted)
Africa/Dar es Salaam
[164] East Africa Time[165] [166] EAT23 July 1976[167] Africa/Kampala
Mauritius Time; Seychelles Time
[168] Mauritius Time[169] MUT1 January 1907Indian/Mauritius
[170] Seychelles Time[171] SCT1906[172] Indian/Mahe

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Notes and References

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  27. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/cape_verde_time_zone.shtml Cape Verde Time Zone
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  42. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guinea-bissau/ Guinea-Bissau
  43. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/guinea_bissau_time_zone.shtml Guinea-Bissau Time Zone
  44. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/liberia/ Liberia
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  48. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/mali_time_zone.shtml Mali Time Zone
  49. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/ Mauritania
  50. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/mauritania_time_zone.shtml Mauritania Time Zone
  51. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sao-tome-and-principe/ Sao Tome and Principe
  52. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/sao_tome_e_principe_time_zone.shtml São Tomé and Príncipe Time Zone
  53. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226173223/http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017 Decree No. 25/2017
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  55. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/senegal/ Senegal
  56. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/senegal_time_zone.shtml Senegal Time Zone
  57. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sierra-leone/ Sierra Leone
  58. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/sierra_leone_time_zone.shtml Sierra Leone Time Zone
  59. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/togo/ Togo
  60. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/togo_time_zone.shtml Togo Time Zone
  61. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/algeria/ Algeria
  62. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/algeria_time_zone.shtml Algeria Time Zone
  63. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/ Angola
  64. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/angola_time_zone.shtml Angola Time Zone
  65. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/benin/ Benin
  66. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/benin_time_zone.shtml Benin Time Zone
  67. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cameroon/ Cameroon
  68. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/cameroon_time_zone.shtml Cameroon Time Zone
  69. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/central-african-republic/ Central African Republic
  70. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/central_african_republic_time_zone.shtml Central African Republic Time Zone
  71. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/ Chad
  72. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/chad_time_zone.shtml Chad Time Zone
  73. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-democratic-republic-of-the/ Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  74. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/congo_democratic_republic_time.shtml Democratic Republic of the Congo Time Zone
  75. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/equatorial-guinea/ Equatorial Guinea
  76. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/equatorial_guinea_time_zone.shtml Equatorial Guinea Time Zone
  77. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gabon/ Gabon
  78. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/gabon_time_zone.shtml Gabon Time Zone
  79. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/morocco/ Morocco
  80. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/morocco_time_zone.shtml Morocco Time Zone
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  83. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/ Niger
  84. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/niger_time_zone.shtml Niger Time Zone
  85. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/ Nigeria
  86. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/nigeria_time_zone.shtml Nigeria Time Zone
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  90. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the/ Congo, Republic of the
  91. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/congo_republic_time_zone.shtml Republic of the Congo Time Zone
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  93. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ Tunisia
  94. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/tunisia_time_zone.shtml Tunisia Time Zone
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  96. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/botswana/ Botswana
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  99. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burundi/ Burundi
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  101. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/ Egypt
  102. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/egypt_time_zone.shtml Egypt Time Zone
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  105. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lesotho/ Lesotho
  106. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/lesotho_time_zone.shtml Lesotho Time Zone
  107. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya/ Libya
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  120. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/rwanda/ Rwanda
  121. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/rwanda_time_zone.shtml Rwanda Time Zone
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  129. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/sudan_time_zone.shtml Sudan Time Zone
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  133. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/zambia_time_zone.shtml Zambia Time Zone
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  135. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/zimbabwe/ Zimbabwe
  136. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/zimbabwe_time_zone.shtml Zimbabwe Time Zone
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  139. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/comoros/ Comoros
  140. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/comoros_time_zone.shtml Comoros Time Zone
  141. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/djibouti/ Djibouti
  142. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/djibouti_time_zone.shtml Djibouti Time Zone
  143. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eritrea/ Eritrea
  144. https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/eritrea_time_zone.shtml Eritrea Time Zone
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