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 daylight saving
Time in Africa/Lubumbashi☾ Night
01:03:45
Thursday, October 15, 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

None

one offset all year

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

+01:49:52UTC+02:00 · UNCHANGED 25 April 1920 NOW

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 · release 2026d

IdentifierAfrica/Lubumbashi
ISO country codeCD🇨🇩 DR Congo
Reference coordinates11.67°S, 27.47°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+02:00abbreviation CAT
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

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.

Country page →
🇨🇩 Mbuji-Mayi
01:03
01:03:45 · CAT
pop. 2.9MCAT
🇨🇩 Kananga
01:03
01:03:45 · CAT
pop. 2MCAT
🇨🇩 Lubumbashi
01:03
01:03:45 · CAT
pop. 1.8MCAT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Central Africa Time

other identifiers keeping CAT

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/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 stays on UTC+02:00 all year, as it has 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.

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/Lubumbashi
{
"data": {
"iana": "Africa/Lubumbashi",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "CD", "name": "DR Congo" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+02:00",
"abbreviation": "CAT",
…
},
…
}
}