Time in Mozambique

Time in Mozambique
Time zoneCentral Africa Time
InitialsCAT
UTC offsetUTC+02:00
Adopted1903 (de facto)
26 May 1911 (de jure)
Daylight saving time
DST not observed
tz database
Africa/Maputo

Time in Mozambique is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00).[1][2] Mozambique has never observed daylight saving time.[1][3]

History

Mozambique adopted UTC+02:00 (Central Africa Time; CAT) unofficially in 1903,[4] and officially on 26 May 1911.[5][6]

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Mozambique is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Maputo. "MZ" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Mozambique directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[6]

c.c.* coordinates* TZ* Comments UTC offset DST
MZ −2558+03235 Africa/Maputo Central Africa Time +02:00 +02:00

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mozambique Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ Mozambique. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "time difference: UTC+2". Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ DST Changes in Mozambique. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ Time Changes in Maputo Over the Years. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ 30 de maio de 1911. (in Portuguese). dre.pt. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 7 August 2021.


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