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Egypt is now two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.

The country stopped switching between summer and winter time after the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 uprising. In May, the government moved clocks ahead one hour as a power-saving measure. It then switched clocks for the start and end of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, which this year fell in June and July.

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