Alpha Time Zone — A
Military letter A (Alpha) maps to the UTC+1 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Used across Western and Central Europe and parts of West Africa.
Alpha (A) — UTC+1
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+1
About Alpha
UTC offset
UTC+1
Letter A = Alpha in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Where A is used
Used across Western and Central Europe and parts of West Africa.
Places on UTC+1 (A time) in 2026
57 zones in the tz database are at UTC+1 for at least part of 2026. Zones listed under January or July only are on this offset for part of the year, because they change their clocks for daylight saving time. Civil abbreviations at this offset: BST, CET.
All year (15 zones)
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Africa/Algiers · Africa/Bangui · Africa/Brazzaville · Africa/Casablanca · Africa/Douala · Africa/El Aaiun · Africa/Kinshasa · Africa/Lagos · Africa/Libreville · Africa/Luanda · Africa/Malabo · Africa/Ndjamena · Africa/Niamey · Africa/Porto-Novo · Africa/Tunis
In January only (33 zones)
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City
Africa/Ceuta · Arctic/Longyearbyen · Europe/Amsterdam · Europe/Andorra · Europe/Belgrade · Europe/Berlin · Europe/Bratislava · Europe/Brussels · Europe/Budapest · Europe/Busingen · Europe/Copenhagen · Europe/Gibraltar · Europe/Ljubljana · Europe/Luxembourg · Europe/Madrid · Europe/Malta · Europe/Monaco · Europe/Oslo · Europe/Paris · Europe/Podgorica · Europe/Prague · Europe/Rome · Europe/San Marino · Europe/Sarajevo · Europe/Skopje · Europe/Stockholm · Europe/Tirane · Europe/Vaduz · Europe/Vatican · Europe/Vienna and 3 more
In July only (9 zones)
Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Atlantic/Canary · Atlantic/Faeroe · Atlantic/Madeira · Europe/Dublin · Europe/Guernsey · Europe/Isle of Man · Europe/Jersey · Europe/Lisbon · Europe/London
Converting A time
In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430A JAN 26 means 14:30 Alpha time on 15 January 2026, which is 151330Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).