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Another African country did this a few years ago with even shorter notice (I want to say Kenya with 1 day notice, but Google is coming up empty). And Azerbaijan

Another African country did this a few years ago with even shorter notice (I want to say Kenya with 1 day notice, but Google is coming up empty). And Azerbaijan did it earlier this year with 10 days notice.

michaelcampbell 10y ago
I always get cognitive dissonance when I think of Egypt as an African country. Yet, it is.
- Theizestooke 10y ago
  In France they usually prefer the term maghreb for the north-west african countries.
  - dr_hooo 10y ago
    That doesn't include Egypt though, does it?
    - ch4s3 10y ago
      No, from wikipedia the Maghreb is "usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa, west of Egypt."
      - Piskvorrr 10y ago
        For hysterical raisins only: Maghreb were French colonies at the time when this name took hold, whereas Egypt was British.
- braythwayt 10y ago
  Things are easier if you put countries like Nigeria, Congo, and Zimbabwe in the "Sub-Sahara African” bucket. Egypt is not a Sub-Sahara African country, and that makes cognitive sense.
throwaway201606 10y ago
Kenya lies on the equator and does not extend 800km (450 miles) north or south of it. The country has never needed and never had Daylight savings time. Day and night length are pretty much the same all year round with just a little variation. Only countries at the extreme north and south edges of Africa would need daylight savings time. Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and islands in the Mediterranean Sea in the north combined with Namibia, Botswana, South Africa in the South. Also need to count the two enclave nations in South Africa if we are being pedantic - so Swaziland and Lesotho join our list. These are countries where Daylight Savings Time makes sense. In practice, of these, only about 5-6 countries actually have DST - Egypt, Morocco, Namibia and Tunisia and the islands in the Med. IIRC Egypt and Libya have an on-again off-again kind of deal going on with DST.
gerbal 10y ago
It was Libya in 2013 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/libya-cancels-dst-switch-2013.html http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/libya-cancels-dst-switc...
- _asummers 10y ago
  That's the one, thank you.

michaelcampbell 10y ago

I always get cognitive dissonance when I think of Egypt as an African country. Yet, it is.

Theizestooke 10y ago
In France they usually prefer the term maghreb for the north-west african countries.
- dr_hooo 10y ago
  That doesn't include Egypt though, does it?
  - ch4s3 10y ago
    No, from wikipedia the Maghreb is "usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa, west of Egypt."
    - Piskvorrr 10y ago
      For hysterical raisins only: Maghreb were French colonies at the time when this name took hold, whereas Egypt was British.
braythwayt 10y ago
Things are easier if you put countries like Nigeria, Congo, and Zimbabwe in the "Sub-Sahara African” bucket. Egypt is not a Sub-Sahara African country, and that makes cognitive sense.

throwaway201606 10y ago

Kenya lies on the equator and does not extend 800km (450 miles) north or south of it. The country has never needed and never had Daylight savings time. Day and night length are pretty much the same all year round with just a little variation. Only countries at the extreme north and south edges of Africa would need daylight savings time. Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and islands in the Mediterranean Sea in the north combined with Namibia, Botswana, South Africa in the South. Also need to count the two enclave nations in South Africa if we are being pedantic - so Swaziland and Lesotho join our list. These are countries where Daylight Savings Time makes sense. In practice, of these, only about 5-6 countries actually have DST - Egypt, Morocco, Namibia and Tunisia and the islands in the Med. IIRC Egypt and Libya have an on-again off-again kind of deal going on with DST.

gerbal 10y ago

It was Libya in 2013 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/libya-cancels-dst-switch-2013.html http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/libya-cancels-dst-switc...

_asummers 10y ago
That's the one, thank you.