| Time in Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Central Africa Time |
| Initials | CAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Adopted | 1903 (as Southern Rhodesia) |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Harare | |
Time in Zimbabwe is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Central Africa Time (CAT; UTC+02:00). Zimbabwe does not observe daylight saving time. Zimbabwe, as Southern Rhodesia, has observed CAT since 1903.
In the IANA time zone database, Zimbabwe is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Harare. "ZW" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Zimbabwe directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZW | −1750+03103 | Africa/Harare | +02:00 | +02:00 |