Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) The Gambia Ghana Guinea Iceland Mali Mauritania St Helena Senegal Sierra Leone Togo The other parts of the St Helena territory are similar: Tristan da Cunha: on GMT, say Whitman and the CIA Ascension: on GMT, say the USNO (1995-12-21) and the CIA Gough (scientific station since 1955; sealers wintered previously): on GMT, says the CIA Inaccessible, Nightingale: uninhabited Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Africa/Abidjan
Time zone identifier: Africa/Abidjan
Current civil offset: +00:00 (GMT)
Current DST state: Observing Standard Time
First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1912-01-01
Local Mean Time (LMT): -00:16:08 based on geographic meridian
Total recorded transitions: 1 transitions across 2 distinct offsets
Associated countries: BF, CI, GH, GM, GN, IS, ML, MR, SH, SL, SN, TG
Aliases (Link targets): Africa/Accra, Africa/Bamako, Africa/Banjul, Africa/Conakry, Africa/Dakar, Africa/Freetown, Africa/Lome, Africa/Nouakchott, Africa/Ouagadougou, Africa/Timbuktu, Atlantic/Reykjavik, Atlantic/St_Helena, Iceland
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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)
Text summary: Africa/Abidjan shifted between 2 distinct offsets from 1912-01-01 through the modern era.
Complete Transition History (1 Transitions)
| UTC Instant | Local Wall Time | Shift | Abbreviation | DST | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1912-01-01T00:16:08Z | 1912-01-01 00:16:08 | -00:16:08 → +00:00 | GMT | No | gap |
Notes from the Maintainers
Years on Record
Methodology Note: The 1970 Rule
tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.
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