CAT
Central Africa Time
GMT +2
Kyrgyzstan
+06

Time Difference

Central Africa Time is 4 hours behind
4:30 am04:30 in CAT is 8:30 am08:30 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

CAT to Bishkek call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-2pm in CAT which corresponds to 12pm-6pm in Bishkek

4:30 am04:30 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). Offset UTC +6:00 hours

4:30 am04:30 CAT / 8:30 am08:30 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

CAT Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
12am (midnight) 4am
1am 5am
2am 6am
3am 7am
4am 8am
5am 9am
6am 10am
7am 11am
8am 12pm (noon)
9am 1pm
10am 2pm
11am 3pm
12pm (noon) 4pm
1pm 5pm
2pm 6pm
3pm 7pm
4pm 8pm
5pm 9pm
6pm 10pm
7pm 11pm
8pm 12am (midnight)
9pm 1am
10pm 2am
11pm 3am
0:00 4:00
1:00 5:00
2:00 6:00
3:00 7:00
4:00 8:00
5:00 9:00
6:00 10:00
7:00 11:00
8:00 12:00
9:00 13:00
10:00 14:00
11:00 15:00
12:00 16:00
13:00 17:00
14:00 18:00
15:00 19:00
16:00 20:00
17:00 21:00
18:00 22:00
19:00 23:00
20:00 0:00
21:00 1:00
22:00 2:00
23:00 3:00

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT timezone is Khartoum from Sudan with population about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in the area are Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman

Daylight Saving: Central Africa Time (CAT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CAT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Central Africa Time remains the same

CAT Time Zone Geo Map
CAT timezone map

CAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time

Bishkek Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
+06 -
KGT - Kyrgyzstan Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+6:00 hours during , currently in use.
+6:00 hours during Kyrgyzstan Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
0:00 hours - DST is NOT in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Bishkek Facts

Country
Kyrgyzstan
Alternative Names
Bichkek, Biscecum, Bischkek, Bishkek, Bishkek osh, Bisjkek, Biskek, Biskeka, Biskekas, Biskeko, Biskekʻ, Bisqeq, Bisqueque, Biszkek, Bixkek, Biŝkeko, Bişkek, Bişqeq, Biškek, Biškeka, Biškekas, Bișkek, Bîşkek, FRU, Frunze, Mpiskek, Pishkek, Pishpek, bi shen kai ke, bichkhek, bisakeka, bishukeku, biskek, biskeka, biskekk, bisyukekeu, bshkyk, byshkk, byshkyk, bysqq, picukkek, Μπισκέκ, Бишкек, Бишкек ош, Бішкек, Բիշկեք, בישקעק, בישקק, بشکیک, بيشكك, بيشكيك, بيشکک, بیشکک, بیشکێک, बिश्केक, বিশকেক, ਬਿਸ਼ਕੇਕ, பிசுக்கெக், ಬಿಷ್ಕೆಕ್, ബിഷ്കെക്ക്, บิชเคก, པི་སི་ཁེག, ბიშკეკი, ቢሽኬክ, ビシュケク, 比什凯克, 비슈케크
Population
900,000
Currency
Som (KGS)
Geographic Coordinates
42° 52' N Latitude / 74° 35' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+996