Current time in the Atlantic/Canary time zone

Atlantic/Canary is an IANA time zone used in Spain. It is on standard time now, UTC+0 (WET), until Sunday, March 28, 2027.

Atlantic/Canary at a glance

How Atlantic/Canary keeps time

Atlantic/Canary switches between two offsets: UTC+0 (WET) for standard time and UTC+1 (WEST) for daylight saving time. Below are the last changes and the ones scheduled next.

Recent and upcoming changes in Atlantic/Canary

Countries and cities on Atlantic/Canary

Atlantic/Canary is used in Spain. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

Atlantic/Canary compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

Other zones on UTC+0 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Atlantic/Canary today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Africa/Abidjan
• Africa/Accra
• Africa/Bamako
• Africa/Banjul
• Africa/Bissau
• Africa/Casablanca
• Africa/Conakry
• Africa/Dakar
• Africa/El_Aaiun
• Africa/Freetown
• Africa/Lome
• Africa/Monrovia

Using Atlantic/Canary in software

Use the zone name Atlantic/Canary rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.

Show the current time in Atlantic/Canary:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Atlantic/Canary', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Atlantic/Canary'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Atlantic/Canary')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Atlantic/Canary date

Plan around the time in Atlantic/Canary

• Convert a time to or from Atlantic/Canary: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Atlantic/Canary and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.