Africa/Lubumbashi

Time zone identifier: Africa/Lubumbashi

Current civil offset: +02:00 (CAT)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1897-11-08

Local Mean Time (LMT): +01:49:52 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 2 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: CD

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Africa/Lubumbashi shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1897-11-08 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (2 Transitions)

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1897-11-08T22:10:08Z`	`1897-11-08 23:10:08`	+01:49:52 → +01:00	`WAT`	No	overlap
`1920-04-24T23:00:00Z`	`1920-04-25 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CAT`	No	gap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: backzone (Lines 355 to 363)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (east)

From Alois Treindl (2022-02-28):
My main source for its time zone history is
Henri le Corre, Régimes horaires pour l'Europe et l'Afrique.
Shanks follows le Corre.  As does Françoise Schneider-Gauquelin in her book
Problèmes de l'heure résolus pour le monde entier.

Attributed Statements:

Alois Treindl (2022-02-28):

My main source for its time zone history is Henri le Corre, Régimes horaires pour l'Europe et l'Afrique. Shanks follows le Corre. As does Françoise Schneider-Gauquelin in her book Problèmes de l'heure résolus pour le monde entier.

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.