Time in Ethiopia

The time zone in Ethiopia is East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+3). The tz-zone identifier is "Africa/Addis_Ababa".

Some Ethiopians use a 12-hour clock, with one cycle of 1 to 12 from dawn to dusk, and the other cycle from dusk to dawn. Unlike the convention in most countries, the start of the day is dawn, rather than midnight. Thus, 7:00 AM in East Africa Time corresponds to 1:00 in daylight hours in local Ethiopian time. 12:00 noon EAT is 6:00 in daylight hours, and 6:00 PM EAT is 12:00 in local time.

References

* Ethioworld.com, access date 25 March 2008. [http://www.ethioworld.com/CountryInformation/calendarandtime.htm]


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