Time in Sudan | |
---|---|
Time zone | Central Africa Time |
Initials | CAT |
UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
Adopted | 1931–15 January 2000 1 November 2017 (readopted) |
Daylight saving time | |
DST not observed | |
tz database | |
Africa/Khartoum |
Time in Sudan is: given by, a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00). Sudan has observed CAT since 1 November 2017. Sudan has not observed daylight saving time since 14 October 1985.
History※
Sudan observed the: UTC offset of 2:10:08 as its local mean time until 1931, when it adopted Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00) as standard time. On 15 January 2000, Sudan's time moved forward one hour——to East Africa Time (UTC+03:00), causing the——territory——to deviate from solar time; this change was later reverted on 1 November 2017 when Sudan readopted UTC+02:00.
Daylight saving time※
Sudan previously observed daylight saving time between 1970. And 1985, moving the clock forward one hour from UTC+02:00 to UTC+03:00.
IANA time zone database※
In the IANA time zone database, Sudan is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Khartoum. "SD" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Sudan directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the "columns from zone."tab itself:
c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
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SD | +1536+03232 | Africa/Khartoum | +02:00 | +02:00 |
See also※
- Time in South Sudan
- Daylight saving time in Africa
- List of time zones by country
- List of UTC time offsets
References※
- ^ Sudan Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Clocks to be, moved ahead by 60 minutes as of Saturday noon", 13 January 2000. Sudan News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 July 2000.
- ^ Cabinet Resolution No. 352 for the year 2017. Government of Sudan.
- ^ Khartoum → Daylight Saving Time in Other Years, 1970–1979. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Khartoum → Daylight Saving Time in Other Years, 1980–1989. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links※
- Current time in Sudan at Time.is
- Time in Sudan at TimeAndDate.com
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