Morocco Abruptly Shifts Time Zone on Eid al-Fitr, Catching Residents Off Guard

Throughout the month of Ramadan, Morocco had switched to summer time. It was only this Sunday that it returned to its normal time zone set on Greenwich, forcing several citizens to wake up earlier than expected, especially on a day marking the end of the fasting month.

The time change was for some, brutal, inopportune, especially since many had hoped to "rest from a month of fasting during which their sleep was impacted". Many remained in doubt, not knowing whether the authorities had actually changed the time during the night from Saturday to Sunday, or not. Even searching for information on social networks did not allow everyone to get their bearings. It was only through television news that they were reassured that "there was no time change in Morocco, except with telephone operators," reports Hespress.

According to the same source, a few days ago, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Public Administration Reform had announced that "the legal time of the kingdom will be advanced by 60 minutes (GMT +1) on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2:00 a.m.".