Central Africa Time
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Central Africa Time, or CAT, is a time zone
used in central and southern Africa
. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC (UTC+2
), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time
and also the same as Eastern European Time
.
As this time zone is predominantly in the equator
ial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time
is not observed.
Central Africa Time is used by the following countries:
(eastern)
Time zone
A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
used in central and southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC (UTC+2
UTC+2
UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time
South African Standard Time, or SAST, is a time zone used by all of South Africa, as well as Swaziland and Lesotho. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC and is the same as Central Africa Time, with Daylight saving time not being observed in either time zone...
and also the same as Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European countries that also use Eastern European Summer Time as a summer daylight saving time.- Usage :...
.
As this time zone is predominantly in the equator
Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
ial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
is not observed.
Central Africa Time is used by the following countries:
(eastern)