Time in Mozambique
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Time in Mozambique is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00).[1][2] Mozambique has never observed daylight saving time.[1][3]
InitialsCAT
Adopted1903 (de facto)
26 May 1911 (de jure)
26 May 1911 (de jure)
| Time in Mozambique | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central Africa Time |
| Initials | CAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Adopted | 1903 (de facto) 26 May 1911 (de jure) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Maputo | |
History
Mozambique adopted UTC+02:00 (Central Africa Time; CAT) unofficially in 1903,[4] and officially on 26 May 1911.[5][6]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Mozambique is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Maputo. "MZ" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Mozambique directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[6]
