Time in Madagascar is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as East Africa Time (EAT; UTC+03:00).[1][2] Madagascar does not observe daylight saving time.[2][3]
| Time in Madagascar | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | East Africa Time |
| Initials | EAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+03:00 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Indian/Antananarivo | |
IANA time zone database
editIn the IANA time zone database, Madagascar is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Indian/Antananarivo, which is an alias to Africa/Nairobi. "MG" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Madagascar directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG | −1855+04731 | Indian/Antananarivo | +03:00 | +03:00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Madagascar. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b Madagascar Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Bradt, Hilary. (2011) Madagascar, 10th Ed.: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. London. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2021. ISBN 978-1-84162-341-2
- ^ Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links
edit- Current time in Madagascar at Time.is
- Time in Madagascar at TimeAndDate.com
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