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Tripoli — Africa/Tripoli

The current local time in the Africa/Tripoli IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Libya in the area around Tripoli. The zone is currently at UTC +02:00 · EET and does not observe daylight saving time.

Africa/Tripoli

17:38:57

Thursday, 22 October 2026 EET

Zone information

IANA designation

Africa/Tripoli

Region: Africa

Offset & DST

Current UTC offset: +02:00

Daylight saving: Not observed

Countries using Africa/Tripoli

Libya ISO LY

Tripoli vs. major cities

How far Tripoli is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Tripoli, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City Difference At 09:00 in Tripoli Shared office hours
New York · United States −6 h 03:00 15:00–17:00
Los Angeles · United States −9 h 00:00 None
São Paulo · Brazil −5 h 04:00 14:00–17:00
London · United Kingdom −1 h 08:00 10:00–17:00
Paris · France Same time 09:00 09:00–17:00
Johannesburg · South Africa Same time 09:00 09:00–17:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates +2 h 11:00 09:00–15:00
Delhi · India +3:30 h 12:30 09:00–13:30
Singapore · Singapore +6 h 15:00 09:00–11:00
Beijing · China +6 h 15:00 09:00–11:00

Shared office hours are shown in Tripoli time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.

Clock changes in Tripoli

Since 1970, Tripoli has gone through 7 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 8 of 57 years. Since 2013 it has stayed on UTC +02:00 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Tripoli stays on UTC +02:00 all year.

Time zone history since 1970

YearsOffsetDaylight saving
1970–1981UTC +02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1982–1989UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00Daylight saving dates varied from year to year
1990–1995UTC +02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1996UTC +01:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1997–2011UTC +02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
2012UTC +01:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
2013–2026UTC +02:00 all yearNo daylight saving time

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

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