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Rabat – The switch is customary practice in Morocco, which suspends daylight saving time a week ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
With Ramadan around the corner, Moroccans and those living in Morocco will have to switch their clocks back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Sunday, March 27.
Morocco will suspend daylight savings time and return to GMT on Sunday at 3 a.m.
Morocco suspends daylight saving time a week ahead of Ramadan as the GMT+ affects the fasting time.
According to astronomers, the holy month of Ramadan is set to begin on April 3 in Morocco. The Moroccan Ministry of Islamic Affairs is yet to assign crescent moon sighting to accredited astronomers to announce the official date of Ramadan.
Morocco will go back to daylight saving time of GMT+1 again a week after Ramadan.
Morocco adopted the daylight saving measure in 2008, switching clocks to GMT+ during the summer season.
Under the measure, Morocco switched the clock every summer to DST, GMT+1, and returned to the old standard time, GMT, for a period when Ramadan fell in the summer.
In 2018, however, Morocco adopted daylight saving time permanently, with the objective of increasing the competitiveness of the national economy through reducing energy consumption and the time difference between the country and its trading partners.
The decision to adopt GMT+ permanently angered Moroccans, with many protesting the measure. Many questioned the GMT+ effectiveness.
