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This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties).
South Africa observed a daylight saving time of GMT+03:00 between 20 September 1942 to 21 March 1943 and 19 September 1943 to 19 March 1944. [6] South African Standard Time is defined as "Coordinated Universal Time plus two hours" as defined in South African National Government Gazette No. 40125 of 8 July 2016. [7]
Some regions utilize 24-hour time notation in casual speech as well, such as regions that speak German, French, or Romanian, though this is less common overall; other countries that utilize the 24-hour clock for displaying time physically may use the 12-hour clock more often in verbal communication. [citation needed]
Names for the offsets vary by country and jurisdiction: [3] in Africa, UTC+01:00 is commonly known as "West Africa Time", however Algeria, [14] Morocco and Tunisia [15] designate the offset by its European name, "Central European Time"; UTC+02:00 – commonly known as "Central Africa Time" – is designated as "South African Standard Time" by ...
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If expressed as summer times, these would have been equivalent to West Africa Summer Time and West Africa Standard Time, however Namibia was the only state in Africa to use the combination of UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00. Central European Time also uses UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00, but the northern seasons are opposite to the southern hemisphere.
Central Africa Time; Eastern European Time; Egypt Standard Time; South African Standard Time : Green : East Africa Time : Turquoise : Mauritius Time;
For multi-lingual speakers in East Africa, the convention is to use the time system applicable to the language one happens to be speaking at the time. A person speaking of an early morning event in English would report that it happened at eight o'clock.