Time in Senegal explained

Time in Senegal
Time Zone:Greenwich Mean Time
Initials:GMT
Dst:no
Tz:Africa/Dakar

Time in Senegal is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT;).[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 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]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senegal. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 3 August 2022. time difference: UTC 0.
  2. Web site: Senegal time zone. GreenwichMeanTime.com. 3 August 2022.
  3. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/wet Western European Time
  4. Web site: Senegal Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. 3 August 2022.
  5. Book: Gould, Ralph Edgar . Standard Time Throughout the World . . 3 . 1935 . 3, 20 . 3 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Africa. tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. 3 August 2022.

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