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Indian/Chagos

Indian/Chagos is the IANA time zone for the British Indian Ocean Territory.

UTC+06:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+6

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+06:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+6 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Indian Ocean Time
Long name
Indian Ocean Time

Use it in code

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

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Indian/Chagos')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Indian/Chagos';

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1995: UTC+5
  • 1996–2026: UTC+6

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