In which country is the Asia/Colombo timezone located?

The timezone Asia/Colombo is mainly used in Sri Lanka .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

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

What is the time difference of Asia/Colombo to UTC?

The current time difference for Asia/Colombo is exactly UTC+05:30 .

Timezone

Asia/Colombo

UTC +05:30 +0530 DST off

05:42:06

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 5:42:06 AM

Wk 41

Day 281/365

Unix 1791418326

Day progress

since 00:00 05:42:06 until 24:00 18:17:54

Current time in Asia/Colombo

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

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-10-08T05:42:06+0530
RFC 3339: 2026-10-08T05:42:06+05:30
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:42:06 +0530
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 281
Ordinal Week Number: 41
ISO week date: 2026-W41-4
Quarter: 4
Epoch (milliseconds): 1791418326051

Timezone Details

Timezone: Asia/Colombo
Timezone Abbreviation: +0530
ISO-3166-2: LK
Country Name: Sri Lanka
Latitude: 6.93333
Longitude: 79.85
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation +0530

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-10-08T00:12:06+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +05:30
Display UTC offset: UTC+05:30
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 19800
Unixtime: 1791418326

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+05:30

Calendar and time metadata

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

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    "dst_offset": 19800,
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    "dst_until": null,
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    "unixtime": 1791418326,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-10-08T00:12:06+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+05:30",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+05:30",
    "rfc3339": "2026-10-08T05:42:06+05:30",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:42:06 +0530",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: '+0530'
datetime: '2026-10-08T05:42:06+0530'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 281
week_number: 41
iso_week_date: '2026-W41-4'
quarter: 4
epoch_ms: 1791418326051
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: 19800
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 19800
timezone: 'Asia/Colombo'
unixtime: 1791418326
utc_datetime: '2026-10-08T00:12:06+0000'
utc_offset: '+05:30'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+05:30'
rfc3339: '2026-10-08T05:42:06+05:30'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:42:06 +0530'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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