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Asia/Colombo

Asia/Colombo is the IANA time zone for Sri Lanka.

UTC+05:30

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+5:30

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+05:30
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+5:30 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
India Standard Time
Long name
India Standard Time

Use it in code

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

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Asia/Colombo')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Colombo';

Cities in Asia/Colombo

Also in this zone: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Maharagama, Jaffna, Moratuwa, Negombo, Pita Kotte, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Kandy, Trincomalee, Kalmunai, Galle, Anuradhapura, Ratnapura, Badulla, Kurunegala.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1995: UTC+5:30
  • 1996: UTC+5:30, UTC+6 and UTC+6:30 during the year
  • 1997–2005: UTC+6
  • 2006: UTC+5:30 and UTC+6 during the year
  • 2007–2026: UTC+5:30

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