IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Kabul

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

UTC+04:30Abbreviation +0430No DST — never observed
Time in Asia/Kabul☾ Night
03:28:21
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+04:30
Abbreviation
+0430
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+04:30

same year-round

Abbreviation

+0430

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

ISO 3166: AF · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Kabul 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 +0430 or +04:30 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
81 years.

Asia/Kabul has kept UTC+04:30 year-round since 1 January 1945 — 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

+04:36:48UTC+04:30 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1945 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1945

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 4:30h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Kabul
ISO country codeAF🇦🇫 Afghanistan
Reference coordinates34.52°N, 69.20°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+04:30abbreviation +0430
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Afghanistan, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Kabul or Afghanistan Time.

🇦🇫
Afghanistan

41M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Kabul.

Country page →
🇦🇫 Kabul
03:28
03:28:21 · +0430
pop. 5.3MAFT
🇦🇫 Kandahār
03:28
03:28:21 · +0430
pop. 614KAFT
🇦🇫 Herāt
03:28
03:28:21 · +0430
pop. 556KAFT

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 Asia/Kabul?
Asia/Kabul is UTC+04:30, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Kabul observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Kabul has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+04:30 continuously since 1 January 1945.
Which country uses Asia/Kabul?
Afghanistan. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Kabul the same as AFT?
Asia/Kabul is one of the IANA zones that keeps Afghanistan Time (AFT). Use Asia/Kabul in software — AFT 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=Asia/Kabul
{
"iana": "Asia/Kabul",
"utc_offset": "+04:30",
"abbreviation": "+0430",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "AF"
}