Current Time in Dar es Salaam
Local time, UTC offset and daylight saving dates for the
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone, plus a timestamp converter already set to it.
Current local time in Dar es Salaam
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| IANA identifier | Africa/Dar_es_Salaam |
|---|---|
| Current UTC offset | UTC+03:00 |
| Abbreviation | GMT+3 |
| Full name | East Africa Time |
| Region | Africa |
| Observes DST | No |
| Unix timestamp now | — |
Convert a timestamp to Dar es Salaam time
The output zone below is preset to Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, with daylight
saving applied for whichever date you convert.
Unix timestamp to date
Auto-detect reads the magnitude: 10 digits are seconds, 13 milliseconds, 16 microseconds, 19 nanoseconds.
| Your local time | — |
|---|---|
| Selected time zone | — |
| UTC / GMT | — |
| ISO 8601 | — |
| RFC 2822 | — |
| Relative | — |
| Day of week | — |
| Day of year / week | — |
Daylight saving time in Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset stays at UTC+03:00 every day of the year, which makes it one of the simpler zones to work with: a fixed offset is enough to convert any timestamp, and there are no missing or repeated local hours.
Converting timestamps for this zone in code
Always pass the IANA identifier Africa/Dar_es_Salaam rather than a numeric
offset. The identifier carries the zone's entire history of offset and
daylight saving changes, so a timestamp from any year converts correctly; a
hard-coded offset is only right until the next rule change.
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.fromtimestamp(1710050400, ZoneInfo("Africa/Dar_es_Salaam"))
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Africa/Dar_es_Salaam',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date(1710050400 * 1000));
<?php // PHP
(new DateTimeImmutable("@1710050400"))->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone("Africa/Dar_es_Salaam")); More languages on the code examples pages.
Other time zones in Africa
- AbidjanAfrica/Abidjan
- AccraAfrica/Accra
- Addis AbabaAfrica/Addis_Ababa
- AlgiersAfrica/Algiers
- AsmaraAfrica/Asmara
- BamakoAfrica/Bamako
- BanguiAfrica/Bangui
- BanjulAfrica/Banjul
- BissauAfrica/Bissau
- BlantyreAfrica/Blantyre
- BrazzavilleAfrica/Brazzaville
- BujumburaAfrica/Bujumbura
- CairoAfrica/Cairo
- CasablancaAfrica/Casablanca
- CeutaAfrica/Ceuta
- ConakryAfrica/Conakry
- DakarAfrica/Dakar
- DjiboutiAfrica/Djibouti
- DoualaAfrica/Douala
- El AaiunAfrica/El_Aaiun
- FreetownAfrica/Freetown
- GaboroneAfrica/Gaborone
- HarareAfrica/Harare
- JohannesburgAfrica/Johannesburg
Frequently asked questions
What is the current time in Dar es Salaam?
The clock above shows the current time in the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone, updating every second from your own device clock. Dar es Salaam is currently UTC+03:00 (GMT+3).
What is the UTC offset for Africa/Dar_es_Salaam?
Dar es Salaam stays on UTC+03:00 all year — this zone does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset never changes.
Does Dar es Salaam observe daylight saving time?
No. Dar es Salaam does not observe daylight saving time, so its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year. That makes timestamp conversion for this zone simpler than for zones that shift twice a year.
How do I convert a Unix timestamp to Dar es Salaam time?
Paste the timestamp into the converter on this page — the output zone is already set to Africa/Dar_es_Salaam. In code, pass the IANA identifier Africa/Dar_es_Salaam to your language's time zone function rather than hard-coding an offset, so daylight saving is handled for you.