| 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). Botswana has never observed daylight saving time. Botswana, as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, has observed CAT since 1903. In 1885 it used the South African Standard Time (SAST; UTC+01:30) as British Bechuanaland. Before adopting SAST and CAT, it observed local mean time (LMT; UTC+01:43).
Daylight saving time
Further information: Daylight saving time in AfricaDaylight saving time in Botswana was adopted in 1943 and consequently disposed of in 1944.
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:
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | CAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | −2439+02555 | Africa/Gaborone | +02:00 | UTC+02:00 |
See also
References
- ^ "Botswana Time Zone". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- "Botswana § Capital". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "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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