IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/El_Aaiun

The IANA tz database identifier for El Aaiun Time in Western Sahara. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+01:00Abbreviation +01Observes daylight saving
Time in Africa/El_Aaiun☾ Night
00:01:07
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+01:00
Abbreviation
+01
DST
Active

Current offset

UTC+01:00

standard UTC+00:00 · daylight UTC+01:00

Abbreviation

+01

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Observes

changes clocks twice a year

Country

🇪🇭 Western Sahara

ISO 3166: EH · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/El_Aaiun 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 +01 or +01:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

Two offsets,
every year.

Africa/El_Aaiun alternates between +00 (UTC+00:00) and EAST (UTC+01:00). Right now it is on +01; clocks fall back on 7 February 2027.

The year at a glance

+00 · UTC+00:00EAST · UTC+01:0022 Mar · +1h7 Feb · −1h Jan 2026 Dec

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAfrica/El_Aaiun
ISO country codeEH🇪🇭 Western Sahara
Reference coordinates27.15°N, 13.20°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+00:00abbreviation +00
Daylight offsetUTC+01:00abbreviation EAST

Where it applies

All of Western Sahara, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See El Aaiún or El Aaiun Time.

🇪🇭
Western Sahara

612K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/El_Aaiun.

Country page →
🇪🇭 El Aaiún
00:01
00:01:07 · +01
pop. 263KEAT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+01:00

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/El_Aaiun?
Africa/El_Aaiun is currently UTC+01:00 (+01). It alternates between UTC+00:00 in winter and UTC+01:00 in summer.
Does Africa/El_Aaiun observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks fall back at the next transition on 7 February 2027, as they do twice every year.
Which country uses Africa/El_Aaiun?
Western Sahara. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/El_Aaiun the same as EAT?
Africa/El_Aaiun is one of the IANA zones that keeps El Aaiun Time (EAT). Use Africa/El_Aaiun in software — EAT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

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This zone, as JSON.

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

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Africa/El_Aaiun
{
"iana": "Africa/El_Aaiun",
"utc_offset": "+01:00",
"abbreviation": "+01",
"observes_dst": true,
"country": "EH"
}