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/Harare | |
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]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Zimbabwe 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:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +02:00 | +02:00 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Olson, Arthur (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