Time in Afghanistan
The time in Afghanistan follows a single standard time offset of UTC+04:30 (four and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time),[1] even though the country spans almost two geographical time zones.
The official national standard time is called Afghanistan Time (AFT) internationally.[2][3][4]
Daylight saving time
[edit]Afghanistan has never observed daylight saving time. Afghanistan uses only one time zone across the whole nation and all its territories.
IANA time zone database
[edit]The territory of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is covered in the IANA time zone database. The IANA time zone identifier for Afghanistan is Asia/Kabul.[5][6]
For Afghanistan, the tz database time zones contains one zone in the file zone.tab.
Columns marked with * are from the file zone.tab of the database.
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | comments* | Standard time | Summer time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | +3431 |
Asia
|
+04:30 | N/a |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Capital". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Afghanistan Time (AFT)". worlddata.info. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Afghanistan Time – AFT Time Zone (Standard Time)". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Current Time In Afghanistan". calendarhours.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Asia/Kabul". zeitverschiebung.net. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Current Time In Kabul". calendarhours.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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