Time in Africa: Light Blue Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Red Central European TimeWest Africa Time (UTC+1)[b] Yellow Central Africa TimeEastern European TimeSouth African Standard Time (UTC+2) Ochre Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2) Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3) Green East Africa Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Mauritius Time[d]Seychelles Time[d] (UTC+4) a The islands of Cape Verde lie west of the African mainland. b During Ramadan, Morocco switches to Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) and returns to UTC+1 after it ends. d Mauritius and the Seychelles lie to the east and northeast of Madagascar, respectively.Seychelles Time, or SCT, is a time zone used by the nation of Seychelles in the Somali Sea. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC (UTC+04:00).
Daylight saving time is not observed in this time zone.
Seychelles Time was first set by law in 1906.
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