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The time zone of any country is dependent on its geographical location. Thus the location of Egypt in the globe is responsible for setting the time zone of the country. Egypt is located in the northeastern part of Africa. The geographical location of Egypt stretches from 24 degree to 37 degree East longitude and from 22 degree to 32 degree North latitude. Thus time of Egypt is in a way dependent on the geography of Egypt.
Egypt follows the procedure of daylight saving. The process of daylight saving starts from the last Friday of the month of April and continues till the last Thursday of September.It is during this period of the year, that time in Egypt runs 3 hours from the Greenwich Mean Time or GMT.
When Egypt is traveled from the western countries, then the traveler tends to lose certain hours in time. But when a traveler is moving towards west, in the direction of Greenwich from Egypt time, he will gain some hours of time.
