Time In Ghana
The western African country Ghana observes a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC±00:00). Ghana shares this time zone with several other countries, including fourteen in Time in Africa, western Africa where it was formerly known as Western Sahara Standard Time (WSST). Ghana does not have an associated daylight saving time (DST). It previously observed DST as the erstwhile Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast under British rule between 1919 and 1942, and 1950 and 1956. History Ghana, as the erstwhile Gold Coast (British colony), British Gold Coast colony, adopted Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00) on 2 November 1915 via the Interpretation Amendment Ordinance. Daylight saving time (DST) was first introduced in 1919, advancing the clock twenty minutes to UTC+00:20 at 02:00 (local time) on the first day of September and reverting to UTC±00:00 – the standard time – on the first day of January at 02:00. In 1940, the start date was changed to 1 May. DST was ...
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Flag Of Ghana
The national flag of Ghana consists of a horizontal triband of Red, Gold, and Green. It was designed in replacement of the British Gold Coast's Blue Ensign. The flag was adopted upon the independence of the Dominion of Ghana on March 6, 1957. It was designed the same year by Theodosia Okoh, a renowned Ghanaian artist. The flag was flown until 1964 and it was then reinstated in 1966. The flag of Ghana consists of the Ethiopian Pan-African colours of red, yellow, and green in horizontal stripes with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe. The Ghanaian flag was the second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature these colours, although the colours are inverted. The flag's design influenced that of the flag of Guinea-Bissau (1973). Design The Ghanaian flag was designed as a tricolour following in a sequence of red, gold and green. The colours are a representation of the country's struggle for independence and a symbol of its rich resou ...
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