Namibia abolishes the concept of "daylight saving time" during winter!

update (09 Aug 2017): Namibia's current time is UTC+1. The time will change back to summer time (UTC+2) on 3 September 2017.

According to the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the National Assembly of Namibia has passed the new Namibia Time Bill and repealed the 1994 Namibia Time Act. This results in the abolution of daylight saving time (winter time) in Namibia and introduction of a countrywide year-round single standard time (UTC+2; South African Standard Time (SAST)). Until now, Namibia (except for the Zambezi Region) switched from UTC+2 to UTC+1 on the first Sunday of April and back to UTC+2 on the first Sunday on September.

Namibia: Daylight saving time resumes on 04 September 2016

Namibia switches back to daylight saving time on 04 September 2016. The Namibian time therefore changes from UTC+1 to UTC+2. The official time change will take place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 03:00am). The time will not change in the Zambezi Region, as this area is not subject to summer and winter time changes. Daylight saving time in Namibia will end and summer time will beginn again on the first Sunday in April 2017 (02 April 2017).

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Namibia: Time changes from UTC +2 to UTC +1!

Namibian time will change from UTC+2 to UTC+1 on 03 April 2016. The official time change takes place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 01:00am). The time will change back to summer time on the first Sunday in September 2016 (4 September 2016). Time does not change in the Zambezi Region (until 2013 known as the Caprivi Region) in Namibia's north, as this area is not subject to summer and winter time changes.

• Saturday, 02 April 2016 - Sunrise 07:00 (am) | Sunset 18:50 (pm)
• Sunday, 03 April 2016 - Sunrise 06h00 (am) | Sunset 17:49 (pm)
  Sunrise and sunset times may vary from place to place depending on latitude and longitude.

Namibia: Daylight saving time resumes on 06 September 2015

Just a quick reminder: Daylight saving time ended in Namibia already on the first Sunday in April, which happend to be the 05 April 2015. Time changed from UTC+2 to UTC+1. The official time change took place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 01:00am). Daylight saving time in Namibia will resume again on the first Sunday in September 2015 (06 Sept 2015).

Namibia: Daylight saving time resumes on 07 September 2014

Just a quick reminder: Daylight saving time ended in Namibia already on the first Sunday in April, which happend to be the 06 April 2014. Time changed from UTC+2 to UTC+1. The official time change took place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 01:00am). Daylight saving time in Namibia will resume again on the first Sunday in September 2014 (07 Sept 2013). Time does not change in the Zambezi Region (until 2013 known as the Caprivi Region) in Namibia's north, as this area is not subject to summer and winter time changes.

Namibia: Daylight saving time from 01 September 2013

Namibia switches to daylight saving time on 01 September 2013. The Namibian time changes therefore from UTC+1 to UTC+2. The official time change will take place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 03:00am). The time will not change in the Caprivi (Zambezi), as this area is not subject to summer and winter time changes. Daylight saving time in Namibia will end and summer time will beginn again on the first Sunday in April 2014 (6 April 2014).

• 30 September 2013 - sunrise: 06:03am | sunset: 17:41pm
• 02 September 2012 - sunrise: 07:02am | sunset: 18:42pm
  Sunrise and sunset times may vary from place to place depending on latitude and longitude.

Namibia: Daylight saving time ends on 07 April 2013

On 07 April 2012, Namibia will discontinue daylight saving time for about 5 month. Time will therefore change again from UTC+2 to UTC+1. The official time change will take place at 02:00am (from 02:00am to 01:00am). Daylight saving time in Namibia will resume again on the first Sunday in September 2013 (01 Sept 2013). The time will not change in the Caprivi in Namibia's north, as this area is not subject to summer and winter time changes. Only Mororcco and Namibia are currently using daylight saving time on the African continent.

• 06 April 2013 - sunrise: 07:01 | sunset: 18:46
• 07 April 2013 - sunrise: 06:02 | sunset: 17:45

Sunrise and sunset times may vary from place to place depending on latitude and longitude.

Namibia switches to daylight saving time on 02 September 2012

On 02 September 2012, Namibia will switch to daylight saving time and is therefore changing from UTC+1 to UTC+2. The time will change at 02:00am (forward clocks from 01:00am to 02:00am) with the exception of the Caprivi strip, as this area is not subject to the periodical time changes. Clocks in Namibia will get adjusted backwards to standard time again on 07 April 2012.
Mororcco and Namibia are currently the only African countries using daylight saving time.

• 01 September 2012 - sunrise: 06:02am | sunset: 17:52(pm)
• 02 September 2012 - sunrise: 07:01am | sunset: 18:42(pm)
  Sunrise and sunset times may vary from place to place depending on latitude and longitude.