Mauritius Time
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Mauritius Time, or MUT, is a time zone
used by in the Indian Ocean
island nation of Mauritius
. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC (UTC+4
).
Daylight saving time
was used in 2008. Clocks were put forward to UTC+5
on October 26, 2008 and put back to standard time on March 29, 2009 at 3 AM local daylight time.
The time change is no longer applied.
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 by in the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
island nation of Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC (UTC+4
UTC+4
UTC+04:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +04. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:Gulf Standard Time uses UTC+04.-As standard time :...
).
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...
was used in 2008. Clocks were put forward to UTC+5
UTC+5
UTC+05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:00. This time is used in:-Central Asia:* Kazakhstan** western part - Aktobe Province, Atyrau Province, Mangystau Province, West Kazakhstan Province* Tajikistan* Uzbekistan* Turkmenistan...
on October 26, 2008 and put back to standard time on March 29, 2009 at 3 AM local daylight time.
The time change is no longer applied.