Time in Egypt

**Time zones of Africa**:

UTC-01:00 Cape Verde Time^[a]

UTC±00:00 Greenwich Mean Time

UTC+01:00 Central European Time
West Africa Time

UTC+02:00 Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Egypt Standard Time
South African Standard Time

UTC+03:00 East Africa Time

UTC+04:00 Mauritius Time^[b]
Seychelles Time^[b]
^a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
^b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

Egypt observes Eastern European Time (UTC+2) all year round, the same time as neighboring Libya. On April 29, 2016, Egypt announced it was going to re-introduce daylight saving time (DST) on July 7 at 00:00 (UTC+02:00), but on July 4, 2016, the Egyptian government announced that DST will not be observed in 2016.^[1]

↑ Taylor, Adam (6 July 2016). "Egypt canceled daylight saving time three days before it was due to start". www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[:0-1] Taylor, Adam (6 July 2016). "Egypt canceled daylight saving time three days before it was due to start". www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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UTC-01:00	Cape Verde Time^[a]
UTC±00:00	Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+01:00	Central European Time West Africa Time
UTC+02:00	Central Africa Time Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time South African Standard Time
UTC+03:00	East Africa Time
UTC+04:00	Mauritius Time^[b] Seychelles Time^[b]

	UTC+02:00	Egypt Standard Time
	UTC+02:00 UTC+03:00	Eastern European Time / Israel Standard Time / Palestine Standard Time Eastern European Summer Time / Israel Summer Time / Palestine Summer Time
	UTC+03:00	Arabia Standard Time / Turkey Standard Time
	UTC+03:30	Iran Standard Time
	UTC+04:00	Gulf Standard Time

Time in Egypt

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