As of 2025[update],daylight saving time (DST) is permanently observed inMorocco. Previously, time was advanced toUTC+01:00 at 02:00 on the last Sunday of March, and reverted toUTC+00:00 (standard time), defined asGreenwich Mean Time locally, at 03:00 on the last Sunday of October. This practice was continued until October 2018, after which clocks were permanently advanced. An exception was made during the month ofRamadan during which clocks reverted toUTC+00:00 (standard time).[1][2]
2008: DST began on 1 June and ended on 1 September. This was the first time Morocco had used daylight saving time since 1978.[4]
2009: DST began on 1 June and ended on 21 August.[5]
2010: DST began on 2 May and ended on 8 August, just beforeRamadan, as had been the case in recent years.[6]
2011: DST began on 2 April at midnight and ended on 31 July at midnight.[7]
2012: On 8 March 2012, theMoroccan Cabinet approved a bill for the permanent adoption of DST with predictable start and finish dates. However, before the start of DST, they changed it to advance toUTC+01:00 at 02:00 on the last Sunday of April, and return to UTC at 03:00 on the last Sunday of September, with the exception of the holy month of Ramadan, during which DST will not be observed.[8][9] As a result, the time changes in 2012 were:
28 September – The government announced a change in policy, which moved the end of DST from the last Sunday in September (which was to be the next day) to the last Sunday in October (27 October). At the same time, they moved the beginning of DST back to the last Sunday in March (next 30 March 2014). As usual, advancements to DST (UTC+01:00) occurred at 02:00 and returns to standard time (UTC+00:00) occurred at 03:00.[1]
2018: Switch to permanent DST:[11] On 26 October in a government decree, the government changedUTC offset for Morocco Time Zone, MoroccoTime Zone now useUTC+01:00 all year round except duringRamadan. However, this decree mandates permanent daylight saving time.
^"Changement de l'heure légale du Royaume" (in French). The Kingdom of Morocco, Ministry of Public Functions and Administration Modernisation. 2012-04-19. Archived fromthe original on 2012-11-21. Retrieved2012-07-17.
