Africa/Johannesburg

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Africa/Johannesburg

Summary

Africa/Johannesburg is an IANA time zone[1].

Key Facts

  • Africa/Johannesburg is in the country of South Africa[2].
  • Africa/Johannesburg is in the country of Lesotho[3].
  • Africa/Johannesburg is in the country of Eswatini[4].
  • Africa/Johannesburg's instance of is recorded as IANA time zone[5].
  • Johannesburg is named after Africa/Johannesburg[6].
  • Africa/Johannesburg's said to be the same as is recorded as South Africa Standard Time[7].
  • Africa/Johannesburg's UTC timezone offset is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+2'}[8].

Body

Geography

Country listings include South Africa[2], a sovereign state[9], in South Africa[10], founded in 1910[11]; Lesotho[3], a sovereign state[12], in Lesotho[13], founded in 1966[14]; and Eswatini[4], a sovereign state[15], in Eswatini[16], founded in 1968[17].

Designation and Status

Africa/Johannesburg's instance of is recorded as IANA time zone[5].

History and Context

Johannesburg is named after Africa/Johannesburg[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Peterwhy · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iana timezone id Africa/Johannesburg
    Named after Johannesburg
    Google knowledge graph id /g/11bc5v18lw
    Said to be the same as South Africa Standard Time
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mul */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36929|batch #36929]]: Add IANA TZ IDs to mul label"
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