IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Blantyre

The IANA tz database identifier for Central Africa Time in Malawi. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+02:00Abbreviation CATNo DST — never observed
Time in Africa/Blantyre☾ Night
00:59:59
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+02:00
Abbreviation
CAT
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+02:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

CAT

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇲🇼 Malawi

ISO 3166: MW · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Blantyre is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing CAT or +02:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Africa/Blantyre',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
101 years.

Africa/Blantyre has kept UTC+02:00 year-round since 30 June 1925 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+02:20:00UTC+02:00 · UNCHANGED 30 June 1925 NOW

Keeping this offset since

30 June 1925

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 2h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAfrica/Blantyre
ISO country codeMW🇲🇼 Malawi
Reference coordinates15.78°S, 35.00°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation CAT
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Malawi, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Lilongwe or Central Africa Time.

🇲🇼
Malawi

18M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/Blantyre.

Country page →
🇲🇼 Lilongwe
00:59
00:59:59 · CAT
pop. 989KCAT
🇲🇼 Blantyre
00:59
00:59:59 · CAT
pop. 800KCAT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Central Africa Time

other identifiers keeping CAT

Same offset · UTC+02:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Africa/Blantyre?
Africa/Blantyre is UTC+02:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/Blantyre observe daylight saving time?
No. Africa/Blantyre has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+02:00 continuously since 30 June 1925.
Which country uses Africa/Blantyre?
Malawi. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/Blantyre the same as CAT?
Africa/Blantyre is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Africa Time (CAT). Use Africa/Blantyre in software — CAT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Africa/Blantyre
{
"iana": "Africa/Blantyre",
"utc_offset": "+02:00",
"abbreviation": "CAT",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "MW"
}