Eastern European Time

At a glance

IANA

Africa/Cairo

Standard offset

UTC+2 (GMT+2)

DST offset

UTC+3 (GMT+3)

Observes DST?

Yes

Countries

EG

Main cities

Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Shubrā al Khaymah

Also known as

Egypt

Cities in this timezone

• Cairo
• Alexandria
• El Giza
• Bur Said
• Luxor
• El Mansura

Developer snippets

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Cairo' }).format(new Date());

// Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
from datetime import datetime
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Africa/Cairo'));

// Java
java.time.ZonedDateTime.now(java.time.ZoneId.of('Africa/Cairo'));