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Time zones of Africa:
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)
a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

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).

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-02:00Cape 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.