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Africa. Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC−01:00 to UTC+04:00. [2] [3] As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year [4] and as such daylight saving time is ...
Summer time ended one second after 23:59:59 to become 23:00:00 on the last Thursday of September lengthening the day to 25 hours. The date did not change one second after the first 23:59:59 occurred; for all practical purposes, midnight did not occur until after the second 23:59:59. An exception was made for Ramadan; in 2006 the end of DST took ...
In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country observing daylight saving time (DST) for approximately the spring, summer, and fall months. The time zone boundaries and DST observance are regulated by the Department of Transportation, but no ...
It is responsible for U.S. military operations, including fighting regional conflicts [5] and maintaining military relations with 53 African nations. Its area of responsibility covers all of Africa except Egypt, which is within the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command. U.S. AFRICOM headquarters operating budget was $276 ...
Initials. WAT. UTC offset. UTC+01:00. Daylight saving time. DST not observed. tz database. Africa/Brazzaville. The Republic of the Congo observes a single time zone year-round, denoted as West Africa Time (WAT; UTC+01:00 ).
This standard was known as New Zealand Mean Time. 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today. Timekeeping on North American railroads in the 19th century was complex. Each railroad used its own standard time, usually based on the local time of its headquarters or most important terminus, and the ...
In the IANA time zone database, Uganda is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Kampala, which is an alias to Africa/Nairobi. "UG" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Uganda directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
IANA time zone database. In the IANA time zone database, Sierra Leone is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Freetown. "SL" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Sierra Leone directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: