Morocco’s definitive return to GMT does not only concern clocks. Microsoft, IBM and Broadcom had to update their systems to avoid programming errors or computer tasks being triggered at the wrong time.
Morocco will permanently change its time zone overnight from Saturday to Sunday. At 2 a.m., clocks will be turned back by 60 minutes. The kingdom will then remain on GMT all year round, with no further change during Ramadan.
In just over two weeks, Morocco will turn its clocks back one last time. On Sunday, September 20, at 2 a.m., it will once again be 1 a.m. The Kingdom will then definitively leave GMT+1 and return to GMT.
Morocco’s return to GMT will create an unprecedented time gap with Spain during summer. Between Tarifa and Tangier, a crossing of approximately one hour could display an arrival earlier than departure, which is bound to surprise many travelers.
Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch announced on Thursday, June 25 the definitive abandonment of GMT+1 at the end of next summer. This decision ratified in the government council marks the return to legal time.
An official petition aimed at cancelling the maintenance of summer time will be presented on Friday, April 3, 2026, in Rabat. The citizen committee carrying the project intends to use the constitutional mechanisms to compel the government to react.
The Moroccan union of café and restaurant owners has officially demanded that the Prime Minister, Aziz Akhannouch, abolish the GMT+1 time zone. This request highlights the adverse economic and social repercussions of this additional hour.
The switch to summer time caused confusion during the Al Fajr prayer in the province of Nador. This incident reignites the lively debate around the controversial maintenance of the GMT+1 time zone in Morocco.
Morocco is preparing to change its legal time tonight. At two o’clock in the morning this Sunday, the clocks will have to be advanced by sixty minutes to display three o’clock, marking the official return to the GMT+1 time zone .
Keeping summer time (GMT+1) all year round in Morocco has revived the winter debate. While the government prioritizes economic considerations, specialists highlight the harmful effects of this schedule on students’ biological rhythms.
Morocco returns to GMT tonight . At 3 a.m. this Sunday 15 February, it will be 2 a.m. A temporary adjustment to accommodate the Ramadan fast, before the return to daylight saving time scheduled for 22 March.
Morocco will return to legal GMT time next Sunday for the duration of the holy month of Ramadan . Clocks will be set back by sixty minutes during the night of February 14–15 to adapt social schedules to fasting.