Time in Senegal
| Time in Senegal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Initials | GMT |
| UTC offset | UTC±00:00 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Dakar | |
Time in Senegal is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC±00:00).[1][2] Senegal shares this time zone with several other countries, including fourteen in western Africa.[3] Senegal does not observe daylight saving time (DST).[4]
History
Senegal first adopted UTC−01:00 on 1 January 1912.[5]
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Senegal is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Dakar. "SN" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Senegal directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[6]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN | +1440−01726 | Africa/Dakar | +00:00 | +00:00 |
See also
References
- ^ "Senegal". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
time difference: UTC 0
- ^ "Senegal time zone". GreenwichMeanTime.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Western European Time. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Senegal Time Zone". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Gould, Ralph Edgar (1935). Standard Time Throughout the World (3 ed.). United States National Bureau of Standards. pp. 3, 20. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Africa". tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
External links
- Current time in Senegal at Time.is
- Time in Senegal at TimeAndDate.com