Time in Botswana
Time in Botswana | |
---|---|
Time zone | Central Africa Time |
Initials | CAT |
UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
Adopted | 1903 |
Daylight saving time | |
DST not observed | |
tz database | |
Africa/Gaborone |
Time in Botswana is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00).[1][2] Botswana has never observed daylight saving time.[1] Botswana, as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, has observed CAT since 1903.[3] In 1885 it used the South African Standard Time (SAST; UTC+01:30) as British Bechuanaland.[3] Before adopting SAST and CAT, it observed local mean time (LMT; UTC+01:43).[3]
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time in Botswana was adopted in 1943 and consequently disposed of in 1944.[4]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Botswana is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Gaborone. "BW" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Botswana directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]
c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | CAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BW | −2439+02555 | Africa/Gaborone | +02:00 | UTC+02:00 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Botswana Time Zone". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Botswana § Capital". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Gaborone, Botswana". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Young, Angelo (10 March 2023). "Countries that no longer observe daylight saving time". 24/7 Wall Street.
- ^ Olson, Arthur David (17 May 2009). "Africa at the tz database". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
External links
- Current time in Botswana at Time.is
- Time in Botswana at TimeAndDate.com
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