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The [[time zone]] in [[Ethiopia]] is [[East Africa Time]] (EAT) ([[UTC+03:00]]).<ref name=zone>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.timetemperature.com/africa/ethiopia_time_zone.shtml|title=Ethiopia Time Zone - Ethiopia Current Time|website=www.timetemperature.com}}</ref> The [[IANA time zone database]] identifier is "[[Africa/AddisList Ababa]]".of Ethioliatz doesdatabase nottime observe daylight saving [[Daylight_saving_timezones#List|timeAfrica/Addis_Ababa]] .<ref name=dlstiso>[[ISO https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/ethiopia/addis3166-ababa2:ET#Current codes]]</ref>
 
Ethiopia does not observe [[daylight saving time]].<ref name=dlst>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/ethiopia/addis-ababa|title=Daylight Saving Time Changes 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia|website=www.timeanddate.com}}</ref>
Almost all Ethiopians use a 12-hour clock <ref name=twelve>https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time</ref>, with one cycle of 1 to 12 from [[dawn]] to [[dusk]], and the other cycle from dusk to dawn. Unlike the convention in most countries, the start of the day is dawn (6:00 AM conventional time), rather than midnight. Thus, 7:00 AM in East Africa Time corresponds to 1:00 in daylight hours in local Ethiopian time. 12:00 noon EAT is 6:00 in daylight hours, and 6:00 PM EAT is 12:00 in local time and the start of the 12 hour overnight cycle.
 
==Date and time notation==
The current time convention persists despite inroads of international norms.<ref name=twelve />
Almost all [[People of Ethiopia|Ethiopians]] use a modified [[12-hour clock]] system.<ref name=tips>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkethiopia.org/ethiopia/travellers-guide/travel-tips/|title=Travel Tips}}</ref> The daytime cycle begins at [[dawn]] 12:00 (6:00:00 AM EAT) and ends at [[dusk]] 11:59:59 (5:59:59 PM EAT).
The nighttime cycle begins at dusk 12:00 (6:00:00 PM EAT) and ends at dawn at 11:59:59 (5:59:59 AM EAT). The convention is that the day begins at 1:00 o'clock in the morning according to the 12-hour cycle (7:00 AM EAT) rather than midnight (12:00 AM EAT).<ref name=gle>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenlandethiopia.com/eng/ethiopia2.htm |title=Green Land Tours and Travel, services with utmost satisfaction in Ethiopia |website=www.greenlandethiopia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114235353/http://www.greenlandethiopia.com/eng/ethiopia2.htm |archive-date=2007-11-14}}</ref> Therefore, the local population could be said to effectively observe [[UTC-03:00]] rather than [[UTC+03:00]] in terms of the numbering of hours and their association with 24-hour days, with the exception of the hour from 6:00 AM EAT to 6:59 AM EAT.
 
{{As of|2015}}, the modified 12-hour system remained common, despite pressure to follow international norms.<ref name="twelve">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time|title=If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double-check the time|newspaper=[[The World (radio program)]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150201033857/http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-30/if-you-have-meeting-ethiopia-you-better-double-check-time |archive-date=2015-02-01 |date=2015-01-30}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Thai six-hour clock]]
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.greenlandethiopia.com/eng/ethiopia2.htm greenlandethiopia.com] (accessed 3 December 2014)
* [http://www.linkethiopia.org/guide-to-ethiopia/travellers-guide/travel-tips/time/ linkethiopia.org] (accessed 3 December 2014)
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* [https://time.et/ Time in Ethiopia - Current Time Date in Ethiopia]
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* [https://www.ethcalendar.com/ethiopiancalendar/local_time_now/ Time in Ethiopia - Local and International]
 
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