IANA Name: Atlantic/Faroe
Standard Offset: UTC +00:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +01:00
DST Abbreviation: WEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Atlantic/Faroe
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The current local time in Atlantic/Faroe is 18:15:59. Atlantic/Faroe is currently UTC+00:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Atlantic/Faroe 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.
Yes — Atlantic/Faroe observes DST. In standard time it is WET UTC+00:00; during DST it switches to WEST UTC+01:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Major cities in Atlantic/Faroe include Torshavn. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.
Atlantic/Faroe is used (in whole or in part) by Faroe Islands. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Atlantic/Faroe and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.