IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Tripoli

The IANA tz database identifier for Eastern European Standard Time in Libya. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+02:00Abbreviation EETNo DST — never observed
Time in Africa/Tripoli☾ Night
01:00:34
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+02:00
Abbreviation
EET
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+02:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

EET

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇱🇾 Libya

ISO 3166: LY · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Tripoli 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 EET 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/Tripoli',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
12 years.

Africa/Tripoli has kept UTC+02:00 year-round since 25 October 2013 — 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

+00:52:44UTC+02:00 · UNCHANGED 25 October 2013 NOW

Keeping this offset since

25 October 2013

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/Tripoli
ISO country codeLY🇱🇾 Libya
Reference coordinates32.90°N, 13.18°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation EET
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Libya, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Tripoli or Eastern European Standard Time.

🇱🇾
Libya

7.4M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/Tripoli.

Country page →
🇱🇾 Tripoli
01:00
01:00:34 · EET
pop. 1.3MEET
🇱🇾 Benghazi
01:00
01:00:34 · EET
pop. 632KEET

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Eastern European Standard Time

other identifiers keeping EET

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/Tripoli?
Africa/Tripoli is UTC+02:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/Tripoli observe daylight saving time?
No. Africa/Tripoli has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+02:00 continuously since 25 October 2013.
Which country uses Africa/Tripoli?
Libya. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/Tripoli the same as EET?
Africa/Tripoli is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET). Use Africa/Tripoli in software — EET 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/Tripoli
{
"iana": "Africa/Tripoli",
"utc_offset": "+02:00",
"abbreviation": "EET",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "LY"
}