IANA tz database · zone identifier

Indian/Mahe

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

UTC+04:00Abbreviation +04No daylight saving
Time in Indian/Mahe☾ Night
03:00:16
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+04:00
Abbreviation
+04
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+04:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+04

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇸🇨 Seychelles

ISO 3166: SC · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Indian/Mahe 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 +04 or +04:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

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

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
119 years.

Indian/Mahe has kept UTC+04:00 year-round since 31 December 1906 — 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

+03:41:52UTC+04:00 · UNCHANGED 31 December 1906 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 December 1906

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 4h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierIndian/Mahe
ISO country codeSC🇸🇨 Seychelles
Reference coordinates4.67°S, 55.47°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+04:00abbreviation +04
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Seychelles, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Victoria or Seychelles Time.

🇸🇨
Seychelles

120K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Indian/Mahe.

Country page →
🇸🇨 Victoria
03:00
03:00:16 · +04
pop. 25KSEYCHE

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+04:00

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/Mahe?
Indian/Mahe is UTC+04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Indian/Mahe observe daylight saving time?
No. Indian/Mahe stays on UTC+04:00 all year, as it has since 31 December 1906.
Which country uses Indian/Mahe?
Seychelles. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Indian/Mahe the same as SEYCHE?
Indian/Mahe is one of the IANA zones that keeps Seychelles Time (SEYCHE). Use Indian/Mahe in software — SEYCHE 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/Mahe
{
"data": {
"iana": "Indian/Mahe",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "SC", "name": "Seychelles" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+04:00",
"abbreviation": "+04",
…
},
…
}
}