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+00:00Abbreviation +00No daylight saving
Time in Africa/El_Aaiun☾ Night
00:03:43
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+00:00
Abbreviation
+00
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+00:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+00

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all 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 +00 or +00:00 — 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

One offset,
0 years.

Africa/El_Aaiun has kept UTC+00:00 year-round since 20 September 2026 — 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

−00:52:48UTC+00:00 · UNCHANGED 20 September 2026 NOW

Keeping this offset since

20 September 2026

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 0h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAfrica/El_Aaiun
ISO country codeEH🇪🇭 Western Sahara
Reference coordinates27.15°N, 13.20°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+00:00abbreviation +00
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

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
00:03
00:03:43 · +00
pop. 263KEAT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+00:00

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 UTC+00:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/El_Aaiun observe daylight saving time?
No. Africa/El_Aaiun stays on UTC+00:00 all year, as it has since 20 September 2026.
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.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

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

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Africa/El_Aaiun
{
"data": {
"iana": "Africa/El_Aaiun",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "EH", "name": "Western Sahara" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+00:00",
"abbreviation": "+00",
…
},
…
}
}