Time in Burkina Faso is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00).[1][2] Burkina Faso shares this time zone with several other countries, including fourteen in western Africa.[3] Burkina Faso does not observe daylight saving time (DST).[4]
| Time in Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Initials | GMT |
| UTC offset | UTC+00:00 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Ouagadougou | |
IANA time zone database
editIn the IANA time zone database, Burkina Faso is given one zone in the file zone.tab—Africa/Ouagadougou. "BF" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Burkina Faso directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[5]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF | +1222−00131 | Africa/Ouagadougou | +00:00 | +00:00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Burkina Faso". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
time difference: UTC 0
- ^ "Burkina Faso time zone". GreenwichMeanTime.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Western European Time. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Burkina Faso Time Zone". TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Africa". tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
External links
edit- Current time in Burkina Faso at Time.is
- Time in Burkina Faso at TimeAndDate.com
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