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Africa/El_Aaiun

Africa/El_Aaiun is the IANA time zone for Western Sahara.

UTC+00:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+0

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+00:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+0 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Western European Time (El Aaiún)

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in Africa/El_Aaiun

Also in this zone: Dakhla.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1975: UTC−1
  • 1976: UTC−1, UTC+0 and UTC+1 during the year
  • 1977–1978: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year
  • 1979–2007: UTC+0
  • 2008–2026: UTC+0 and UTC+1 each year

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