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

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.

## Daylight saving time

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Libya 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

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In 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

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LY | +3254+01311 | Africa/Tripoli |  | +02:00 | +02:00

## See also

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* Daylight saving time in Africa
* List of time zones by country
* List of UTC time offsets

## References

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1. ^ Libya at The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 26 July 2021. "time difference: UTC+2".
2. ^ Libya time zone. GreenwichMeanTime.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
3. ^ "Clocks to go back an hour on Saturday", 4 November 2012. Libya Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. ^ a b "CORRECTION: no time change tomorrow", 24 October 2013. Libya Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
5. ^ Libya Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
6. ^ a b Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
7. ^ Daylight saving time dates for Libya - Tripoli between 1980 and 1989. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
8. ^ Daylight saving time dates for Libya - Tripoli between 1990 and 1999. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
9. ^ Libya Changes Time Zone. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

## External links

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* Current time in Libya at Time.is
* Time in Libya at TimeAndDate.com

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Time in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
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* Central African Republic
* Chad
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* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
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* Ghana
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* Ivory Coast
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* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
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* Mozambique
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* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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