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Nigeria observes West Africa Time (WAT), which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+01:00), year-round as standard time. Learn about the history, geography and IANA database of Nigeria's time zone.
Learn about the time zones, daylight saving time and history of time in Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent. Find out which countries observe UTC−01:00, UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00 and UTC+04:00.
A comprehensive table of time zones by country, ranked by the number of time zones on their territory. Includes notes on daylight saving time, UTC offsets, and dependent territories.
This web page is about the country Nigeria, its history, geography, politics, economy, culture and more. It does not provide the current time in Nigeria or any other information related to time zones or clocks.
At Independence of Namibia the country inherited the time regulations of South Africa and was in time zone UTC+02:00 all year round. Triggered by fears for school children walking to school before sunrise, Namibian Standard Time, a type of winter time, was introduced in 1993.
South Africa observed a daylight saving time of GMT+03:00 between 20 September 1942 to 21 March 1943 and 19 September 1943 to 19 March 1944. [6] South African Standard Time is defined as "Coordinated Universal Time plus two hours" as defined in South African National Government Gazette No. 40125 of 8 July 2016. [7]
Learn how different countries use various conventions for date and time formats, both written and spoken. Compare the 24-hour and 12-hour clocks, the ISO 8601 standard, and the local variations in punctuation, spacing, and calendar systems.
Central Africa Time (CAT) is a time zone used in central and southern Africa, two hours ahead of UTC. It is observed by several countries, including Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.