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Africa/Lubumbashi

Africa/Lubumbashi is the IANA time zone for Dem. Rep. of Congo (east) in the DR Congo.

UTC+02:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+2 CAT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+02:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+2 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Central Africa Time
Abbreviation
CAT
Long name
Central Africa Time

In the tz database, Africa/Lubumbashi is a link (alias) to Africa/Maputo: the two always show the same time.

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in Africa/Lubumbashi

Also in this zone: Bukavu, Kolwezi, Likasi, Tshikapa, Goma, Uvira, Bunia, Mwene, Butembo, Isiro, Kindu, Kabinda, Gandajika, Kamina.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–2026: UTC+2

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