The time in Afghanistan follows a single standard time offset of UTC+04:30 (four and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), [1] even though the country spans almost two geographical time zones.
The official national standard time is called Afghanistan Time (AFT) internationally. [2] [3] [4]
Afghanistan has never observed daylight saving time (also known as DST or summer time). Afghanistan uses only one time zone across the whole nation and all its territories.
The territory of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is covered in the IANA time zone database. The IANA time zone identifier for Afghanistan is Asia/Kabul. [5] [6]
For Afghanistan, the tz database time zones contains one zone in the file zone.tab.
Columns marked with * are from the file zone.tab of the database.
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | comments* | Standard time | Summer time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | +3431+06912 | Asia/Kabul | UTC+04:30 | — |
Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal. With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal, it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.
UTC+04:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +04:30. This time is used only in Afghanistan, so it is also called Afghanistan Standard Time.
Georgia Time (GET) is a time zone used in Georgia and it is uniform throughout the country. It moved from zone UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00 on 27 June 2004, then back to UTC+04:00 on 27 March 2005. Georgia does not observe daylight saving time since 2004.
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In Moldova, the standard time is Eastern European Time. Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to UTC+03:00 is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
In Luxembourg, the standard time is Central European Time. Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
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Time in Libya is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Eastern European Time. The zone is also known as Central Africa Time (CAT). Libya has observed EET since 5 November 2012, after it was announced in 2013 that Libya would be on permanent daylight saving time. Libya previously observed several different time zones as standard time and daylight saving time. For residents of western Libya, including Tripoli, solar time is usually one hour behind standard time.
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Time in Niger is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as West Africa Time. Niger adopted WAT on 1 January 1912, and has never observed daylight saving time.
Time in Gabon is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as West Africa Time. Gabon adopted WAT on 1 January 1912, and has never observed daylight saving time.
Time in Benin is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as West Africa Time. Benin adopted WAT on 1 January 1912 as French Dahomey, and has never observed daylight saving time.
Time in Cameroon is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as West Africa Time. Cameroon adopted WAT on 1 January 1912 as Cameroun, and has never observed daylight saving time.
Time in Ivory Coast is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time. Adopted on 1 January 1911, the Ivory Coast has never observed daylight saving time (DST).
Time in Sierra Leone is given by Greenwich Mean Time. Sierra Leone has never observed daylight saving time. Sierra Leone adopted its current time zone in 1939, switching from UTC−01:00.
Guatemala observes Central Standard Time (UTC−6) year-round.
The Dominican Republic observes Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round. Daylight saving time was used in the past.
Grenada observes Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round.
Dominica observes Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round.
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