Time Zone History

Mozambique time zone history

The zone’s clock record is used in 8 countries and territories today. On standard time, clocks in Maputo run 10 minutes behind local mean solar time.

UTC+2

Standard time is UTC+2 (CAT) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Africa/Maputo

Convert a time from Mozambique

UTC+2 every day since 1970

UTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+2:10:18: 10 minutes ahead of today’s standard timeUTC+2: today’s standard timeUTC+2:10:18: 10 minutes ahead oftoday’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, 1909Local mean time (UTC+2:10:18) replacedUTC+2CAT

Also on UTC+2

South Africa, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Gaza (Palestine), Hebron (Palestine), Israel, Lebanon and Famagusta (Cyprus) (nearest first; 12 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • South Africa (459 km): same time every day.
  • Namibia (1,613 km): same time except 3,689 days in 1994–2017.
  • Mauritius (2,625 km): usually 2 hours ahead; different on 316 days in 1982, 1983, 2008 and 2009.
  • Kenya (2,782 km): always 1 hour ahead.
  • South Sudan (3,428 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 10,406 days in 1970–2000 and 2021–2026; same time today.

How it compares

Mozambique has kept UTC+2 since 1909, with no clock changes since 1970.