Time Zones of Africa
UTC+0 is used in the far west of Africa, where it is known in the former British colonies as GMT. The states here do not use daylight saving. (Note that West Africa Time, used in west central Africa, corresponds to Central European Time, and that West Africa uses both time zones).
The countries included are these:
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