Time in São Tomé and Príncipe
Time in São Tomé and Príncipe | |
---|---|
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
Initials | GMT |
UTC offset | UTC±00:00 |
Adopted | 1 January 1912–1 January 2018 1 January 2019 (readopted) |
Daylight saving time | |
DST not observed | |
tz database | |
Africa/Sao Tome |
Time in the island country of São Tomé and Príncipe is given by Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC±00:00).[1] São Tomé and Príncipe has never observed daylight saving time.[2]
History
Under Portuguese rule, São Tomé and Príncipe first observed the local mean time UTC+0:26:56 until 1884, when it adopted UTC-0:36:45. GMT (UTC±00:00) was adopted on 1 January 1912.[3] The country briefly adopted West Africa Time (WAT; UTC+01:00) on 1 January 2018,[4] but reverted back on 1 January the following year.[5]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, São Tomé and Príncipe is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Sao Tome. "ST" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for São Tomé and Príncipe directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[3]
c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | +0020+00644 | Africa/Sao_Tome | +00:00 | +00:00 |
References
- ^ Sao Tome and Principe. "time difference: UTC 0". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ São Tomé and Príncipe Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Decree No. 25/2017. mnec.gov.st. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Governo de Jorge B. Jesus já decidiu repor a hora legal são-tomense, 5 December 2018. (in Portuguese). STP-Press. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
- Current time in São Tomé and Príncipe at Time.is
- Time in São Tomé and Príncipe at TimeAndDate.com
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