Rabat - Morocco will go back to standard time (GMT) on Sunday, September 27 at 3.00 a.m., according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Service and Modernization of Administration.
The Ministry of Public Service and Modernization of Administration announced, this Tuesday, that Moroccans will have to switch their watches an hour back, as Morocco will return to standard time (GMT) starting from September 27.
In 2008, Morocco used daylight saving time to alleviate energy costs and to align itself timewise with neighboring European countries, by moving the clock one hour forward (UTC+1).
Ever since, Morocco has been enforcing daylight saving time, during summer, with an interruption in the fasting month of Ramadan.
Morocco returns to standard time (GMT) every year on the last Sunday of September, which marks this year September 27.
Morocco observed daylight saving time, for the first time, during the 1970s but discontinued it after 1978, due to its unpopularity among the Moroccan population at the time.
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