South Sudan switches to a new time zone

Author: Jale Richard | Published: Monday, February 1, 2021

Time Zones World Educational Poster. Credit|mapstudio.co.za

South Sudan has switched to a new time zone after the information minister officially set the clock one hour back on Sunday night.

Michael Makuei officiated the change on the state broadcaster SSBC-TV when he manually turned the clock to 11:00 pm the moment it struck 12:00.

After changing the time, the information minister said everyone is expected to respect the new working time zone.

The Council of Ministers endorsed changing the country’s time zone two weeks ago.

The new time zone is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+02).

GMT+02 is a time offset that adds 2 hours to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

It is observed in the

It is observed in the Central Africa Time (CAT), Central European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Israel Standard Time, South African Standard Time, and West Africa Summer Time during the other months (Daylight saving time). Some locations use it year-round.

South Sudan’s labor ministry on Thursday issued a circular informing workers of the change.

According to the ministry, the change will not affect the working hours as public and private sector employees are to work from 8 am to 5 pm despite the new time zone.

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