In which country is the Africa/Dakar timezone located?

The timezone Africa/Dakar is mainly used in Senegal .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Africa/Dakar . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Africa/Dakar to UTC?

The current time difference for Africa/Dakar is exactly UTC+00:00 .

Timezone

Africa/Dakar

UTC +00:00 GMT DST off

11:54:21

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 11:54:21 AM

Wk 2

Day 8/365

Unix 1767873261

Day progress

since 00:00 11:54:21 until 24:00 12:05:39

Current time in Africa/Dakar

The details for Africa/Dakar are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-01-08T11:54:21+0000
RFC 3339: 2026-01-08T11:54:21+00:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:54:21 +0000
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 8
Ordinal Week Number: 2
ISO week date: 2026-W02-4
Quarter: 1
Epoch (milliseconds): 1767873261962

Timezone Details

Timezone: Africa/Dakar
Timezone Abbreviation: GMT
ISO-3166-2: SN
Country Name: Senegal
Latitude: 14.66666
Longitude: -17.43334
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation GMT: Africa/Abidjan, Africa/Accra, Africa/Bamako, Africa/Banjul, Africa/Bissau, Africa/Conakry, Africa/Freetown, Africa/Lome, Africa/Monrovia, Africa/Nouakchott, Africa/Ouagadougou, Africa/Sao Tome, Africa/Timbuktu, America/Danmarkshavn, Atlantic/Reykjavik, Atlantic/St Helena, Eire, Etc/GMT, Etc/GMT+0, Etc/GMT-0, Etc/GMT0, Etc/Greenwich, Europe/Belfast, Europe/Dublin, Europe/Guernsey, Europe/Isle of Man, Europe/Jersey, Europe/London, GB, GB-Eire, GMT, GMT0, Greenwich and Iceland

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-01-08T11:54:21+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +00:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+00:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 0
Unixtime: 1767873261

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+00:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "utc_offset": "+00:00",
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    "rfc3339": "2026-01-08T11:54:21+00:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:54:21 +0000",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'GMT'
datetime: '2026-01-08T11:54:21+0000'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 8
week_number: 2
iso_week_date: '2026-W02-4'
quarter: 1
epoch_ms: 1767873261962
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 0
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 0
timezone: 'Africa/Dakar'
unixtime: 1767873261
utc_datetime: '2026-01-08T11:54:21+0000'
utc_offset: '+00:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+00:00'
rfc3339: '2026-01-08T11:54:21+00:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:54:21 +0000'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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