In which country is the Indian/Chagos timezone located?

The timezone Indian/Chagos is mainly used in British Indian Ocean Territory .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

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

What is the time difference of Indian/Chagos to UTC?

The current time difference for Indian/Chagos is exactly UTC+06:00 .

Timezone

Indian/Chagos

UTC +06:00 +06 DST off

06:12:48

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:12:48 AM

Wk 41

Day 281/365

Unix 1791418368

Day progress

since 00:00 06:12:48 until 24:00 17:47:12

Current time in Indian/Chagos

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

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-10-08T06:12:48+0600
RFC 3339: 2026-10-08T06:12:48+06:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:12:48 +0600
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): 1791418368123

Timezone Details

Timezone: Indian/Chagos
Timezone Abbreviation: +06
ISO-3166-2: IO
Country Name: British Indian Ocean Territory
Latitude: -7.33334
Longitude: 72.41666
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation +06: Asia/Bishkek, Asia/Dacca, Asia/Dhaka, Asia/Kashgar, Asia/Omsk, Asia/Thimbu, Asia/Thimphu, Asia/Urumqi and Etc/GMT-6

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-10-08T00:12:48+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +06:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+06:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 21600
Unixtime: 1791418368

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+06:00

Calendar and time metadata

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

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    "has_dst": false,
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    "dst_offset": 21600,
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    "rfc3339": "2026-10-08T06:12:48+06:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:12:48 +0600",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: '+06'
datetime: '2026-10-08T06:12:48+0600'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 281
week_number: 41
iso_week_date: '2026-W41-4'
quarter: 4
epoch_ms: 1791418368123
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: 21600
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 21600
timezone: 'Indian/Chagos'
unixtime: 1791418368
utc_datetime: '2026-10-08T00:12:48+0000'
utc_offset: '+06:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+06:00'
rfc3339: '2026-10-08T06:12:48+06:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:12:48 +0600'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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