Time Zone History

Côte d’Ivoire time zone history

The zone’s clock record is used in 12 countries and territories today. On standard time, clocks in Abidjan run 16 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+0

Standard time is UTC+0 (GMT) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Africa/Abidjan

Convert a time from Côte d’Ivoire

UTC+0 every day since 1970

UTC−0:16:08: 16 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+0: today’s standard timeUTC−0:16:08: 16 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+0: today’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1912Local mean time (UTC−0:16:08) replacedUTC+0GMT

Also on UTC+0

Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Western Sahara, Canary Islands (Spain), Morocco, Madeira (Portugal), Lisbon (Portugal), United Kingdom and Faroe Islands (nearest first; 2 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Liberia (755 km): same time except 736 days in 1970–1972.
  • Nigeria (832 km): always 1 hour ahead.
  • São Tomé and Príncipe (1,318 km): same time except 365 days in 2018 and 2019.
  • Guinea-Bissau (1,462 km): same time except 1,826 days in 1970–1975.
  • Chad (2,228 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 146 days in 1979 and 1980.

How it compares

Côte d’Ivoire has kept UTC+0 since 1912, with no clock changes since 1970.