The Ramadan Time in Morocco
Morocco has a very special time zone: Ramadan time. Normally, the clocks are set forward one hour for daylight saving time, so that it is light longer in the evening. Here, however, it is the other way around and, moreover, daylight saving time is also only about a month short. Only during Ramadan are clocks turned back one hour to artificially shorten the day. During the fasting time one should fast during the day - thus until sunset. So with this special time, you shorten the daily fast because it gets dark earlier in the evening.
Only 1 nationwide time zone
Morocco has an east-west extension of 11.7 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Northern Africa, this corresponds to about 1100 kilometers. With this still relatively small extension, the course of the sun is only slightly different at various positions in the country. The position of the sun in the west of the country differs from that in the east by only about 47 minutes. This means the sun rises and sets 47 minutes later in the west than in the east. However, this time difference is still normal and is no reason for multiple time zones. This would only really make sense from 15 degrees of longitude.
The next clock changes in Morocco
Unlike in North America, the clocks in Morocco do not change on the same day. Instead of the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, Morocco has different dates for the time change.
Changes in Daylight Saving Times
Since 1939, Morocco has tried to introduce daylight saving six times: from 1939 to 1940, in 1950, in 1967, in 1974, 1976 to 1978 and 2008 to 2026.
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