| Time in Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central Africa Time |
| Initials | CAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Adopted | 1903 (as Southern Rhodesia) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Harare | |
Time in Zimbabwe is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00). Zimbabwe has never observed daylight saving time. Zimbabwe, as Southern Rhodesia, has observed CAT since 1903.
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Zimbabwe is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Harare. "ZW" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Zimbabwe directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZW | −1750+03103 | Africa/Harare | +02:00 | +02:00 |
See also
References
- ^ Zimbabwe Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- Zimbabwe. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "time difference: UTC+2". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- Time Changes in Harare Over the Years | 1903–1924. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links
- Current time in Zimbabwe at Time.is
- Time in Zimbabwe at TimeAndDate.com
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