IANA Name: Europe/Belfast
Standard Offset: UTC +00:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +01:00
DST Abbreviation: BST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Europe/Belfast
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The current local time in Europe/Belfast is 05:22:54. Europe/Belfast is currently UTC+00:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Europe/Belfast 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 — Europe/Belfast observes DST. In standard time it is GMT UTC+00:00; during DST it switches to BST UTC+01:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Europe/Belfast is used (in whole or in part) by United Kingdom. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Europe/Belfast and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.