Cape Verde Time (CVT) is a time zone used by the Atlantic island nation of Cape Verde. The zone is one hour behind UTC (UTC-01:00).
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Light Blue | Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) |
Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
Red | (UTC+1) |
Ochre | (UTC+2) |
Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
Turquoise | (UTC+4) |
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
Daylight saving time is not observed in this time zone.
Due to its geographical location, completely west of the meridian 22°30'W – that forms the border between UTC-01:00 and UTC-02:00 – Cape Verde observes a permanent daylight saving time, given that the position of the archipelago is totally on the borders of UTC-02:00, time zone observed until 1975.