IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Cairo

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

UTC+03:00Abbreviation EESTObserves daylight saving
Time in Africa/Cairo☾ Night
02:01:10
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+03:00
Abbreviation
EEST
DST
Active

Current offset

UTC+03:00

standard UTC+02:00 · daylight UTC+03:00

Abbreviation

EEST

the daylight-saving form

DST behaviour

Observes

changes clocks twice a year

Country

🇪🇬 Egypt

ISO 3166: EG · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Cairo 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 EEST or +03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

Two offsets,
every year.

Africa/Cairo alternates between EET (UTC+02:00) and EEST (UTC+03:00). Right now it is on EEST; clocks fall back on 29 October 2026.

The year at a glance

EET · UTC+02:00EEST · UTC+03:00EET · UTC+02:0024 Apr · +1h29 Oct · −1h Jan 2026 Dec

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAfrica/Cairo
ISO country codeEG🇪🇬 Egypt
Reference coordinates30.05°N, 31.25°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation EET
Daylight offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation EEST
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Egypt, one clock.

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

🇪🇬
Egypt

115M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/Cairo.

Country page →
🇪🇬 Cairo
02:01
02:01:10 · EEST
pop. 9.8MEET
🇪🇬 Alexandria
02:01
02:01:10 · EEST
pop. 5.4MEET
🇪🇬 Giza
02:01
02:01:10 · EEST
pop. 4.5MEET

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Eastern European Standard Time

other identifiers keeping EET

Same offset · UTC+03:00

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/Cairo?
Africa/Cairo is currently UTC+03:00 (EEST). It alternates between UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer.
Does Africa/Cairo observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks fall back at the next transition on 29 October 2026, as they do twice every year.
Which country uses Africa/Cairo?
Egypt. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/Cairo the same as EET?
Africa/Cairo is one of the IANA zones that keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET). Use Africa/Cairo in software — EET is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation, DST status and next clock change, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Africa/Cairo
{
"data": {
"iana": "Africa/Cairo",
"observes_dst": true,
"country": { "code": "EG", "name": "Egypt" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "EEST",
…
},
…
}
}