The Democratic Republic of the Congo observes UTC+01:00 (West Africa Time) and UTC+02:00 (Central Africa Time). It does not observe DST. It is the only country in Africa to use more than one time zone.
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IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database contains two zone for the country. The columns marked * contain the data from the file zone.tab of the database.
| coordinates* | TZ* | comments* | Standard time | Summer time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0419+1519 | Africa/Kinshasa | Western DRC (Kinshasa, Boende, Zongo) | tUTC+01:00 | not observed | - |
| -1140+2728 | Africa/Lubumbashi | Eastern DRC (Kindu, Bukama, Lubumbashi) | sUTC+02:00 | - |
References
"Democratic Republic of the Congo Time Zone". http://www.timetemperature.com/africa/congo_democratic_republic_time.shtml ↩
"Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): Time Zones Africa - Democratic Republic of Congo". wwp.greenwichmeantime.com. Archived from the original on 2004-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20040218110105/http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/ ↩