Time in Zimbabwe

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{{Infobox time zone country

| name = Time in Zimbabwe

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| time_zone = Central Africa Time

| initials = CAT

| offset = UTC+02:00

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| adopted = 1903 (as Southern Rhodesia)

| dst = no

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| tz = Africa/Harare

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Time in Zimbabwe is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00).[https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/zimbabwe_time_zone.shtml Zimbabwe Time Zone]. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/zimbabwe/ Zimbabwe]. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "time difference: UTC+2". Retrieved 6 August 2021. Zimbabwe has never observed daylight saving time. Zimbabwe, as Southern Rhodesia, has observed CAT since 1903.[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/zimbabwe/harare Time Changes in Harare Over the Years | 1903–1924]. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database, Zimbabwe is given one zone in the file zone.tabAfrica/Harare. "ZW" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Zimbabwe directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb-2020f/africa Africa] at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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| {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wikitable|Africa/Harare}}

| {{Time zone/utc offset link|Africa/Harare}}

| {{Time zone/utc dst offset link|Africa/Harare}}

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