IANA Name: Egypt
Standard Offset: UTC +02:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +03:00
DST Abbreviation: EEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Egypt
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The current local time in Egypt is 17:24:20. Egypt is currently UTC+02:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Egypt 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 — Egypt observes DST. In standard time it is EET UTC+02:00; during DST it switches to EEST UTC+03:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Egypt is used (in whole or in part) by Egypt. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Egypt and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.