Africa/Tripoli

Time zone identifier: Africa/Tripoli

Current civil offset: +02:00 (EET)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1919-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +00:52:44 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 32 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: LY

Aliases (Link targets): Libya

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Africa/Tripoli shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1919-12-31 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (32 Transitions)

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1919-12-31T23:07:16Z`	`1920-01-01 00:07:16`	+00:52:44 → +01:00	`CET`	No	gap
`1951-10-14T01:00:00Z`	`1951-10-14 03:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1951-12-31T22:00:00Z`	`1951-12-31 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1953-10-09T01:00:00Z`	`1953-10-09 03:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1953-12-31T22:00:00Z`	`1953-12-31 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1955-09-29T23:00:00Z`	`1955-09-30 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1955-12-31T22:00:00Z`	`1955-12-31 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1958-12-31T23:00:00Z`	`1959-01-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`EET`	No	gap
`1981-12-31T22:00:00Z`	`1981-12-31 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1982-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1982-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1982-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1982-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1983-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1983-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1983-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1983-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1984-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1984-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1984-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1984-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1985-04-05T23:00:00Z`	`1985-04-06 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1985-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1985-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1986-04-03T23:00:00Z`	`1986-04-04 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1986-10-02T22:00:00Z`	`1986-10-02 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1987-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1987-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1987-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1987-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1988-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1988-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1988-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1988-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1989-03-31T23:00:00Z`	`1989-04-01 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1989-09-30T22:00:00Z`	`1989-09-30 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1990-05-03T23:00:00Z`	`1990-05-04 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`EET`	No	gap
`1996-09-29T22:00:00Z`	`1996-09-29 23:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`1997-04-03T23:00:00Z`	`1997-04-04 01:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`1997-10-03T22:00:00Z`	`1997-10-04 00:00:00`	+02:00 → +02:00	`EET`	No	offset-only
`2012-11-10T00:00:00Z`	`2012-11-10 01:00:00`	+02:00 → +01:00	`CET`	No	overlap
`2013-03-29T00:00:00Z`	`2013-03-29 02:00:00`	+01:00 → +02:00	`CEST`	Yes	gap
`2013-10-25T00:00:00Z`	`2013-10-25 02:00:00`	+02:00 → +02:00	`EET`	No	offset-only

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: africa (Lines 490 to 490)

Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Years on Record

Methodology Note: The 1970 Rule

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.