Time in Tunisia
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Time in Tunisia is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00).[1][2][3] Tunisia adopted WAT on 12 April 1911,[4] and does not observe daylight saving time,[2] though previously it has.[5]
| Time in Tunisia | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central European Time |
| Initials | CET |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Adopted | 12 April 1911 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Tunis | |
Daylight saving time
Tunisia previously observed daylight saving time – advancing the clock forward one hour[5] – between 1939 and 1945, 1977 and 1978, 1988 and 1990, and finally between 2005[6] and 2008. In 2005, the time zone had changed, started exceptionally in Sunday, May 1st 2005, 00:00 and ended in Friday September 30th, 02:00 [5][7]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Tunisia is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Tunis. "TN" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Tunisia directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]