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
[edit | edit source]Daylight saving time in Botswana was adopted in 1943 and consequently disposed of in 1944.[4]
IANA time zone database
[edit | edit source]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 | +02:00 |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Archived 2024 edition.)
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Current time in Botswana at Time.is
- Time in Botswana at TimeAndDate.com