Time in Namibia

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Africa time zones. Central Africa Time (UTC+2) highlighted in yellow.

Namibia uses Central Africa Time (CAT)[1] (UTC+02:00) year-round since September 2017.[2]From 1994 until 2017, the country used West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00) during winter and West Africa Summer Time (WAST) (UTC+02:00) during daylight saving time. Namibia introduced a new bill on February 23, 2017, to get rid of time changes in the country.[3]The bill went into effect on September 3, 2017.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Current Local Time in Windhoek, Namibia". Time and Date.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Namibia Adopts New Time Zone". Time and Date. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  3. "Namibia Considers Removing DST". Time and Date. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.