Time in Zambia is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00).[1][2] Zambia has never observed daylight saving time.[1] Zambia, as North-Eastern Rhodesia, has observed CAT since 1903.[3]
| Time in Zambia | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central Africa Time |
| Initials | CAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Adopted | 1903 (as North-Eastern Rhodesia) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Lusaka | |
IANA time zone database
editIn the IANA time zone database, Zambia is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Lusaka. "ZM" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Zambia directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM | −1525+02817 | Africa/Lusaka | +02:00 | +02:00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Zambia Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Zambia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "time difference: UTC+2". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Time Changes in Lusaka Over the Years | 1903–1924. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links
edit- Current time in Zambia at Time.is
- Time in Zambia at TimeAndDate.com
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