Central Africa Time
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File:TimeZones-Africa.svgTime in Africa:
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Locally known as Egypt Standard Time.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
| Light Blue | Cape Verde Time<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] (UTC−1) |
| Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Red | Template:Hlist (UTC+1) |
| Yellow | Template:Hlist (UTC+2) |
| Ochre | Template:Hlist (UTC+3) |
| Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | Template:Hlist (UTC+4) |
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Locally known as Egypt Standard Time.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
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Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in north central, east central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time.
As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed.
Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries:
- Template:Country data Botswana[1]
- Template:Country data Burundi[1]
- Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern provinces)[1]
- Template:Country data Malawi[1]
- Template:Country data Mozambique[1]
- Template:Country data Namibia[2]
- Template:Country data Rwanda[1]
- Template:Country data Sudan[3]
- Template:Country data South Sudan[4][5]
- Template:Country data Zambia[1]
- Template:Country data Zimbabwe[1]
The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round:
- Template:Country data Eswatini (observes South African Standard Time)
- Template:Country data Lesotho (observes South African Standard Time)
- Template:Country data Libya (observes Eastern European Time)
- Template:Country data South Africa (observes South African Standard Time)
See also
- Egypt Standard Time, an equivalent (except during daylight savings) time zone covering Egypt, also at UTC+02:00
- Kaliningrad Time, an equivalent time zone covering Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, also at UTC+02:00
- Israel Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering the State of Israel during winter, also at UTC+02:00
- Eastern European Time, an equivalent time zone covering European and Middle Eastern countries during winter, also at UTC+02:00
- Central European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering most European countries during daylight saving, also at UTC+02:00
- South African Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering South Africa, also at UTC+02:00