Time in Sierra Leone
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| Time in Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Initials | GMT |
| UTC offset | UTC+00:00 |
| Adopted | 1939 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Freetown | |
Time in Sierra Leone is given by Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00).[1] Sierra Leone has never observed daylight saving time.[2] Sierra Leone adopted its current time zone in 1939,[3] switching from UTC−01:00.[4]
IANA time zone database
[edit]In the IANA time zone database, Sierra Leone is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Freetown. "SL" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Sierra Leone directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL | +0830−01315 | Africa/Freetown | +00:00 | +00:00 |
References
[edit]- ^ Sierra Leone. "time difference: UTC 0". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Sierra Leone Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Ogle, Vanessa (2015). The Global Transformation of Time 1870-1950. Harvard University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780674737020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ United States. National Bureau of Standards, Gould, Ralph Edgar (1935) Standard Time Throughout the World. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 20. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Current time in Sierra Leone at Time.is
- Time in Sierra Leone at TimeAndDate.com
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