Central Africa Time
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| 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) |
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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:
- File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana[1]
- File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi[1]
- File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern provinces)[1]
- File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi[1]
- File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique[1]
- File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia[2]
- File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda[1]
- File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan[3]
- File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan[4][5]
- File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia[1]
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe[1]
The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round:
- File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (observes South African Standard Time)
- File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (observes South African Standard Time)
- File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya (observes Eastern European Time)
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg 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
References
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