IANA Name: Africa/El_Aaiun
Standard Offset: UTC +01:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +00:00
DST Abbreviation: GMT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Africa/El_Aaiun
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The current local time in Africa/El_Aaiun is 09:56:44. Africa/El_Aaiun is currently UTC+01:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Africa/El_Aaiun is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
No — Africa/El_Aaiun does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Its offset stays at +01 UTC+01:00 year-round.
Major cities in Africa/El_Aaiun include Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune, Laayoune (El Aaiun), Laayoune Plage. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
Africa/El_Aaiun is used (in whole or in part) by Western Sahara. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Africa/El_Aaiun and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.