Time in Libya is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as Eastern European Time (EET; UTC+02:00).[1][2] The zone is also known as Central Africa Time (CAT). Libya has observed EET since 5 November 2012,[3] after it was announced in 2013 that Libya would be on permanent daylight saving time.[4][5] Libya previously observed several different time zones as standard time and daylight saving time. For residents of western Libya, including Tripoli, solar time is usually one hour behind standard time.
| Time in Libya | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Time zone | Eastern European Time |
| Initials | EET |
| UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Adopted | 5 November 2012 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Tripoli | |
Daylight saving time
editLibya previously observed daylight saving time, moving one hour ahead from Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) to Central European Summer Time (CEST; UTC+02:00), each year from 1951 to 1956,[6] 1982 to 1989,[7] 1997,[8] and 2013.[9] Libya announced in 2013 that it would be on permanent daylight saving time.[4]
IANA time zone database
editIn the IANA time zone database, Libya is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Tripoli. "LY" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Libya directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[6]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LY | +3254+01311 | Africa/Tripoli | +02:00 | +02:00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Libya at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 26 July 2021. "time difference: UTC+2".
- ^ Libya time zone. GreenwichMeanTime.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Clocks to go back an hour on Saturday", 4 November 2012. Libya Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b "CORRECTION: no time change tomorrow", 24 October 2013. Libya Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Libya Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Daylight saving time dates for Libya - Tripoli between 1980 and 1989. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Daylight saving time dates for Libya - Tripoli between 1990 and 1999. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Libya Changes Time Zone. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
External links
edit- Current time in Libya at Time.is
- Time in Libya at TimeAndDate.com