In which country is the Europe/Belfast timezone located?

The timezone Europe/Belfast is mainly used in Great Britain .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

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

What is the time difference of Europe/Belfast to UTC?

The current time difference for Europe/Belfast is exactly UTC+01:00 .

Timezone

Europe/Belfast

UTC +01:00 BST DST on

23:16:56

Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 11:16:56 PM

Wk 34

Day 235/365

Unix 1787523416

Day progress

since 00:00 23:16:56 until 24:00 00:43:04

Current time in Europe/Belfast

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

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-08-23T23:16:56+0100
RFC 3339: 2026-08-23T23:16:56+01:00
RFC 2822: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:16:56 +0100
Ordinal Day of the Week: 0
Ordinal Day of the Year: 235
Ordinal Week Number: 34
ISO week date: 2026-W34-7
Quarter: 3
Epoch (milliseconds): 1787523416326

Timezone Details

Timezone: Europe/Belfast
Timezone Abbreviation: BST
ISO-3166-2: GB
Country Name: Great Britain
Other time zones using the abbreviation BST: Europe/Guernsey, Europe/Isle of Man, Europe/Jersey, Europe/London, GB and GB-Eire

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-08-23T22:16:56+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +01:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+01:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 3600
Unixtime: 1787523416

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: 2026-03-29 02:00:00 (Offset 0 → 3600)
Next change: 2026-10-25 01:00:00 (Offset 3600 → 0)
Current offset: UTC+01:00

Calendar and time metadata

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

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    "abbreviation": "BST",
    "datetime": "2026-08-23T23:16:56+0100",
    "day_of_week": 0,
    "day_of_year": 235,
    "week_number": 34,
    "iso_week_date": "2026-W34-7",
    "quarter": 3,
    "epoch_ms": 1787523416326,
    "has_dst": true,
    "is_dst": true,
    "dst_last": "2026-03-29 02:00:00",
    "dst_last_local": "2026-03-29T02:00:00+01:00",
    "dst_last_utc": "2026-03-29T01:00:00Z",
    "dst_next": "2026-10-25 01:00:00",
    "dst_next_local": "2026-10-25T01:00:00+00:00",
    "dst_next_utc": "2026-10-25T01:00:00Z",
    "dst_offset": 3600,
    "dst_from": "2026-03-29T01:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "dst_until": "2026-10-25T01:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "raw_offset": 3600,
    "timezone": "Europe\/Belfast",
    "unixtime": 1787523416,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-08-23T22:16:56+0000",
    "utc_offset": "+01:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC+01:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-08-23T23:16:56+01:00",
    "rfc2822": "Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:16:56 +0100",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'BST'
datetime: '2026-08-23T23:16:56+0100'
day_of_week: 0
day_of_year: 235
week_number: 34
iso_week_date: '2026-W34-7'
quarter: 3
epoch_ms: 1787523416326
has_dst: true
is_dst: true
dst_last: '2026-03-29 02:00:00'
dst_last_local: '2026-03-29T02:00:00+01:00'
dst_last_utc: '2026-03-29T01:00:00Z'
dst_next: '2026-10-25 01:00:00'
dst_next_local: '2026-10-25T01:00:00+00:00'
dst_next_utc: '2026-10-25T01:00:00Z'
dst_offset: 3600
dst_from: '2026-03-29T01:00:00.000000+00:00'
dst_until: '2026-10-25T01:00:00.000000+00:00'
raw_offset: 3600
timezone: 'Europe/Belfast'
unixtime: 1787523416
utc_datetime: '2026-08-23T22:16:56+0000'
utc_offset: '+01:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+01:00'
rfc3339: '2026-08-23T23:16:56+01:00'
rfc2822: 'Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:16:56 +0100'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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