[1] The IANA time zone database identifier is Africa/Addis_Ababa.
[2] Ethiopia does not observe daylight saving time.
[3] Almost all Ethiopians use a modified 12-hour clock system.
[5] Therefore, the local population could be said to effectively observe UTC-03:00 rather than UTC+03:00 in terms of the numbering of hours and their association with 24-hour days, with the exception of the hour from 6:00 AM EAT to 6:59 AM EAT.
As of 2015[update], the modified 12-hour system remained common, despite pressure to follow international norms.