Central Africa Time, or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time and Eastern European Time (although the latter area uses Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) most of the year)
As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year, and so daylight saving time is not observed.
Central Africa Time is used by the following countries:
- Â Burundi
- Â Botswana
- Â Egypt (observes Eastern European Time)
- Â Democratic Republic of the Congo (eastern)
- Â Libya
- Â Malawi
- Â Mozambique
- Â Namibia
- Â Rwanda
- Â Sudan
- Â Zambia
- Â Zimbabwe
The following countries use South African Standard Time instead of Central Africa Time:
- Â Lesotho
- Â South Africa
- Â Swaziland
