IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Lubumbashi

The IANA tz database identifier for Central Africa Time in DR Congo. 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/Lubumbashi☾ Night

01:00:33

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

🇨🇩 DR Congo

ISO 3166: CD · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Lubumbashi 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/Lubumbashi',

dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'

}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
106 years.

Africa/Lubumbashi has kept UTC+02:00 year-round since 25 April 1920 — 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

Keeping this offset since

25 April 1920

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/Lubumbashi

ISO country codeCD🇨🇩 DR Congo

Reference coordinates11.67°S, 27.47°Etz database reference point

Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation CAT

Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

One of DR Congo's 2 zones.

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

🇨🇩

DR Congo

106M people, 2 time zones — this identifier covers one of them.

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Central Africa Time

other identifiers keeping CAT

Africa/BlantyreMalawi Africa/BujumburaBurundi Africa/GaboroneBotswana Africa/HarareZimbabwe Africa/JubaSouth Sudan Africa/KhartoumSudan Africa/KigaliRwanda Africa/LusakaZambia Africa/MaputoMozambique Africa/WindhoekNamibia

Same offset · UTC+02:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Africa/JohannesburgSouth Africa · South Africa Standard Time Africa/MaseruLesotho · South Africa Standard Time Africa/MbabaneEswatini · South Africa Standard Time Africa/TripoliLibya · Eastern European Standard Time Europe/AmsterdamNetherlands · Central European Summer Time Europe/AndorraAndorra · Central European Summer Time

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/Lubumbashi?: Africa/Lubumbashi is UTC+02:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/Lubumbashi observe daylight saving time?: No. Africa/Lubumbashi has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+02:00 continuously since 25 April 1920.
Which country uses Africa/Lubumbashi?: DR Congo. It is one of 2 IANA zones covering the country.
Is Africa/Lubumbashi the same as CAT?: Africa/Lubumbashi is one of the IANA zones that keeps Central Africa Time (CAT). Use Africa/Lubumbashi 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/Lubumbashi

{

"iana": "Africa/Lubumbashi",

"utc_offset": "+02:00",

"abbreviation": "CAT",

"observes_dst": false,

"country": "CD"

}