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Asia/Nicosia time zone

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EETUTC+2+7 h vs New York (you)

About Asia/Nicosia

Asia/Nicosia is the IANA time zone for most of Cyprus in Cyprus. It currently keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) in summer.

Its principal location is Nicosia at 35.17° N, 33.37° E.

Abbreviations in use: EET, EEST. Offset page: UTC+2.

Rule for future years (POSIX TZ string)

EET-2EEST,M3.5.0/3,M10.5.0/4

The standard time is called EET and is UTC+2. POSIX writes the offset with the opposite sign (west of Greenwich is positive), which is why the string says "-2". Daylight saving time is called EEST and is UTC+3. It starts on the last Sunday of March at 03:00 and ends on the last Sunday of October at 04:00, local time. Software that has no full tzdata copy, such as many embedded devices, can use this string directly as the TZ environment variable.

Upcoming transitions

Computed from tzdata 2026f; local times are read on the clock just before each change.

History of Asia/Nicosia since 1970

The record starts with local mean time (UTC+2:13), which ended on November 13, 1921. The first daylight saving time in the record is in 1975.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–1974UTC+2 all yearEET
1975 onwardUTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summerEET, EEST

Before 1970

1 offset change before 1970 in the record:

tzdata commits to accuracy from 1970 for every zone (zone1970.tab); earlier entries are historical research and may be incomplete.

Aliases and zones with the same clock

These older or country-specific IDs are links to Asia/Nicosia in tzdata. Their pages redirect here: Europe/Nicosia.

Other zones that keep exactly the same time under the current rules (but have a different history): Asia/Famagusta, Europe/Athens, Europe/Bucharest, Europe/Chisinau, Europe/Helsinki, Europe/Kyiv, Europe/Riga, Europe/Sofia, Europe/Tallinn, Europe/Vilnius.

Places on Asia/Nicosia

Convert Nicosia time

Tip: Alt+↑/↓ steps the time by 15 minutes (Shift: one hour). The link keeps the date, time and direction.

Using Asia/Nicosia in code

Every major platform reads the same IANA ID. Store instants in UTC and convert with the ID at display time; never store a fixed offset for a place that has daylight saving time.

// JavaScript
new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Nicosia' })

# Python 3.9+
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
from datetime import datetime
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Nicosia'))

// Java
java.time.ZonedDateTime.now(java.time.ZoneId.of("Asia/Nicosia"))

// Go
loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("Asia/Nicosia")
time.Now().In(loc)

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Nicosia';

# Shell
TZ='Asia/Nicosia' date

Platforms ship their own copy of tzdata and update it on their own schedule. After a rule change, outputs can differ until the platform updates; this page uses tzdata 2026f.

Questions

What is the UTC offset of Asia/Nicosia?
UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer (daylight saving time from the last Sunday of March at 3:00 AM to the last Sunday of October at 4:00 AM).
Does Asia/Nicosia observe daylight saving time?
Yes: clocks move one hour forward on the last Sunday of March at 3:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 4:00 AM.
Is Europe/Nicosia the same as Asia/Nicosia?
Yes. Europe/Nicosia is a link (alias) to Asia/Nicosia in tzdata and gives the same time since 1970. It remains a valid ID.
Which countries use Asia/Nicosia?
Cyprus, according to zone1970.tab in tzdata.

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