Daylight Saving Time

Articles

• Morocco Debates Permanent Return to GMT as Summer Time Controversy Continues
  12 February 2019, by Said

  While the maintenance of summer time has not finished creating turmoil in Morocco, a bill has just been proposed by the PAM group with a view to the definitive return to legal time, i.e. GMT.
  Backed by the support of a large part of the population, the political party could benefit from the support of parliamentarians, particularly those of the majority, reports the newspaper Al Massae. And it is on this support that the parliamentary group is counting on to make the Moroccans switch back (…)

• Morocco Shifts Clocks Back 60 Minutes for Ramadan Season
  15 April 2020, by Kamal

  This Sunday, April 19, Moroccans will once again have to adjust their clocks for the Ramadan season.
  The ministry in charge of Public Administration and Civil Service Reform indicates that the time in Morocco will have to be delayed by 60 minutes, starting from Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2:00 a.m.
  This time is only valid for the month of Ramadan, in application of a decree dating from September 2013, to which an end has been put to return definitively to the GMT+1 time.
  Note that (…)

• Morocco to Revert to GMT This Sunday, Clocks Move Back One Hour
  18 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  Specifically, the kingdom’s time will be delayed by 60 minutes on Sunday, April 19 at 3 a.m., in accordance with Article 2 of Decree No. 2.18.855 published on 16 Safar 1440 (October 26, 2018), relating to legal time and the Order of the Head of Government No. 3.25.20 published on 15 Sha’ban 1441 (April 9, 2020), also relating to legal time, the ministry said in a statement.
  The kingdom’s legal time will be advanced by 60 minutes (GMT +1) on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2:00 a.m. after the month (…)

• Morocco’s Daylight Saving Confusion: Smartphones Defy Official Time Change Cancellation
  1 April 2019, by Said

  Despite the announcement of the end of the time change in Morocco since last October, many Moroccans did not know which clock to follow on Sunday morning when they woke up.
  Virtually all Moroccans’ smartphones and tablets have taken the time change into account and have adopted this modification during the night from Saturday to Sunday, while this modification is no longer, normally, current in the kingdom.
  The permanent adoption of daylight saving time adopted in October last year in (…)

• Morocco Reverts to GMT for Ramadan, Adjusting Clocks by 60 Minutes
  16 April 2019, by Said

  It is on Sunday, May 5, 2019 that Moroccans will, once again, have to adjust their clock for the occasion of Ramadan.
  The ministry in charge of Public Administration and Civil Service Reform indicates that the time will have to be delayed by 60 minutes on Sunday, May 5, 2018 at 2:00 a.m. Concretely, Morocco will have a two-hour difference with France and Spain.
  This time is only valid for the month of Ramadan, in application of a decree dating from September 2013, which was ended last (…)

• Morocco to Adjust Clocks for Ramadan: Time Change Begins May 5
  4 May 2019, by Said

  As every Ramadan month, Morocco will return to GMT time from May 5 to June 8 next, the Ministry of Public Service Reform and Administration has just announced.
  On May 5 in Morocco, you will have to turn your watch back 60 minutes from 3am. At 3am it will therefore be 2am. Similarly, on June 8, the day after the end of Ramadan, the time will be advanced by 60 minutes from 2am.
  This measure comes into effect in application of Article 2 of Decree No. 2.18.855 published on 16 Safar 1440 (…)

• Morocco to Adjust Clocks for Ramadan: Time Change Expected in April
  28 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Moroccans will soon have to change the time. This should happen on the eve of Ramadan 2020 for a period of one month only.
  According to the estimates of the astronomers, the Kingdom will switch back to GMT time during the month of Ramadan, which could begin on Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Morocco.
  This decision comes "in application of Article 2 of Decree No. 2.18.855, published on 16 Safar 1440 (October 26, 2018), relating to legal time".
  The government council will soon have to (…)

• Morocco Shifts to GMT for Ramadan, Adjusting Clocks Ahead of Holy Month
  28 March 2021, by Ginette

  As of Sunday, April 11, Moroccans will have to delay their watches by 60 minutes. A return to GMT time that is part of the holy month of Ramadan, which, pending confirmation from the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
  This is the same measure in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Decree No. 2.18.855 published on 16 Safar 1440 (October 26, 2018), relating to legal time. The return to GMT+1 schedule will take place on Sunday, (…)

• Morocco to Keep Controversial Year-Round Daylight Saving Time Despite Protests
  8 May 2019, by Kamal

  The government intends to maintain the GMT +1 schedule throughout the year, despite popular protest, particularly from high school students.
  For the delegate minister to the head of government in charge of public employment, responding to an oral question asked during a parliamentary session, the results of a study on the effects of the time change are encouraging and far from worrying.
  This study focused on the impact of the time change on health, safety, energy, and education. (…)

• Survey: Majority of Moroccan Workers Report No Productivity Drop During Ramadan
  30 May 2019, by Bladi.net

  Long considered to be a period that combines fatigue and a drop in productivity, the holy month of Ramadan seems to bring more serenity to Moroccans at work. This is what a Rekrute survey has just revealed, in which 52% of Moroccan employees surveyed believe that Ramadan has no impact on their professional life.
  Contrary to the widespread theory that compares the holy month of Ramadan to a period of slowdown or indifference in various sectors of social life, a Rekrute survey now provides (…)