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Africa/Algiers

Africa/Algiers is the IANA time zone for Algeria.

UTC+01:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+1 CET

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+01:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+1 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Central European Standard Time
Abbreviation
CET
Long name
Central European Standard Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Algiers' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Africa/Algiers')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Africa/Algiers';

Cities in Africa/Algiers

Also in this zone: Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Blida, Batna, Bab Ezzouar, Djelfa, Sétif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Biskra, Tébessa, El Oued, Skikda, Tiaret, Chlef, Béjaïa, Tlemcen.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970: UTC+0
  • 1971: UTC+0 and UTC+1 during the year
  • 1972–1976: UTC+0
  • 1977: UTC+0 and UTC+1 during the year
  • 1978: UTC+1 and UTC+2 during the year
  • 1979–1981: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year
  • 1982–2026: UTC+1

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