IANA tz database · zone identifier

Indian/Chagos

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

UTC+06:00Abbreviation +06No daylight saving
Time in Indian/Chagos☾ Night
20:08:51
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+06:00
Abbreviation
+06
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+06:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+06

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory

ISO 3166: IO · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Indian/Chagos 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 +06 or +06:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
30 years.

Indian/Chagos has kept UTC+06:00 year-round since 1 January 1996 — 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

+04:49:40UTC+06:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1996 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1996

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 6h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026e

IdentifierIndian/Chagos
ISO country codeIO🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory
Reference coordinates7.33°S, 72.42°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+06:00abbreviation +06
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026edata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of British Indian Ocean Territory, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Diego Garcia or Indian Ocean Time.

🇮🇴
British Indian Ocean Territory

3K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Indian/Chagos.

Country page →
🇮🇴 Diego Garcia
20:08
20:08:51 · +06
pop. 4.2KIOT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+06:00

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 Indian/Chagos?
Indian/Chagos is UTC+06:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Indian/Chagos observe daylight saving time?
No. Indian/Chagos stays on UTC+06:00 all year, as it has since 1 January 1996.
Which country uses Indian/Chagos?
British Indian Ocean Territory. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Indian/Chagos the same as IOT?
Indian/Chagos is one of the IANA zones that keeps Indian Ocean Time (IOT). Use Indian/Chagos in software — IOT 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/Indian/Chagos
{
"data": {
"iana": "Indian/Chagos",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "IO", "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+06:00",
"abbreviation": "+06",
…
},
…
}
}