Time in Afghanistan
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The time in Afghanistan follows a single standard time offset of UTC+04:30 (four and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time),{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/capital |title=Capital |publisher=The World Factbook |access-date=25 November 2023}} even though the country spans almost two geographical time zones.
The official national standard time is called Afghanistan Time (AFT) internationally.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worlddata.info/timezones/aft-afghanistan-time.php |title=Afghanistan Time (AFT) |website=worlddata.info |access-date=25 November 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aft |title=Afghanistan Time – AFT Time Zone (Standard Time) |website=timeanddate.com |access-date=25 November 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://calendarhours.com/current-time-afghanistan/ |title=Current Time In Afghanistan |website=calendarhours.com |access-date=25 November 2023}}
Daylight saving time
Afghanistan has never observed daylight saving time (also known as DST or summer time). Afghanistan uses only one time zone across the whole nation and all its territories.
IANA time zone database
The territory of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is covered in the IANA time zone database. The IANA time zone identifier for Afghanistan is Asia/Kabul.{{Cite web |url=https://www.zeitverschiebung.net/en/timezone/asia--kabul |title=Asia/Kabul |website=zeitverschiebung.net |access-date=25 November 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://calendarhours.com/current-time-kabul/ |title=Current Time In Kabul |website=calendarhours.com |access-date=25 November 2023}}
For Afghanistan, the tz database time zones contains one zone in the file zone.tab.
Columns marked with * are from the file zone.tab of the database.
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!c.c.*!!coordinates*!!TZ*!!comments*!!Standard time!!Summer time!!Notes | |||
| {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wikitable|Asia/Kabul}} | UTC+04:30 | — |
See also
References
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Category:Geography of Afghanistan
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