Time in the Gambia is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC±00:00).[1][2] Adopted in 1918,[3] the Gambia has never observed daylight saving time (DST).[2]

Time in the Gambia
Time zoneGreenwich Mean Time
InitialsGMT
UTC offsetUTC±00:00
Adopted1918
Daylight saving time
DST not observed
tz database
Africa/Banjul

IANA time zone database

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In the IANA time zone database, the Gambia is given one zone in the file zone.tabAfrica/Banjul. "GM" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for the Gambia 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
GM +1328−01639 Africa/Banjul +00:00 +00:00

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gambia, The at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 15 September 2021. "time difference: UTC 0".
  2. ^ a b Gambia Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ Howse, Derek (1997) "Greenwich Time and the Longitude: Official Millennium Edition". National Maritime Museum. Bloomsbury USA. p. 148. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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