Asia/Colombo

The current local time and date in the Asia/Colombo time zone.

UTC+05:30

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Timezone Profile

Daylight Saving TimeNot available
IANA TimezoneAsia/Colombo
Offset+05:30

The primary country that uses the time zone Asia/Colombo is 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka.

Standard Time Available

+0530
UTC+05:30

UTC

Daylight Saving Time
DST is not observed

Date and Time Format Standards

The table provides a side-by-side comparison of different date and time format standards. Each row represents a unique format standard such as ATOM, COOKIE, ISO, and RFC, among others.
Format
Date and Time
ATOM2026-04-17T08:43:47.465+05:30
COOKIEFri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:47 +0530
HTTPFri, 17 Apr 2026 03:13:47 GMT
ISO2026-04-17T08:43:47.465+05:30
ISO 86012026-04-17T08:43:47.465+05:30
MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss04-17-2026 08:43:47
MongoDB2026-04-17T03:13:47.465Z
MySQL DATETIME2026-04-17 08:43:47
RFC 1036Fri, 17 Apr 26 08:43:47 +0530
RFC 1123Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:47 +0530
RFC 2822Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:47 +0530
RFC 33392026-04-17T08:43:47+0530
RFC 7231Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:47 GMT+5:30
RFC 822Fri, 17 Apr 26 08:43:47 +0530
RFC 850Friday, 17-Apr-26 08:43:47 GMT+5:30
RSSFri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:47 +0530
SQL2026-04-17 08:43:47.465 +05:30
SQL Time08:43:47.465 +05:30
UTC2026-04-17T03:13:47.465Z
Unix Epoch1776395627
W3C2026-04-17T08:43:47+05:30
dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss17-04-2026 08:43:47
yyyy-dd-MM HH:mm:ss2026-17-04 08:43:47
yyyy-dd-MM hh:mm:ss a2026-17-04 08:43:47 AM

Related Time Zones

A table with a list of time zones that have the same time offset. Including name and time zone abbreviations.

There are 3 time zones in the table.
IANA Timezone
Offset Name
Abbr
Asia/CalcuttaIndia Standard TimeGMT+5:30
Asia/ColomboIndia Standard TimeGMT+5:30
Asia/KolkataIndia Standard TimeGMT+5:30

For Developers

php


<?php

// Solution 1
// Set the default time zone
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Colombo');

// Solution 2
// Use this to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('Asia/Colombo');
// Create a new DateTime object
$date = new DateTime('now', $timezone);
// Print the current date and time
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // 2023-01-01 00:00:00

python


# Solution 1
# Set the default time zone
from datetime import datetime
# Import the pytz module
import pytz
  
# Create a timezone object
tz = pytz.timezone("Asia/Colombo")
# Get the current time
time_now = datetime.now(tz)
# Format the current time
current_time = time_now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
  
# Print the current time
print("The current time:", current_time) # The current time: 00:00:00

javascript


/* 
* Solution 1
* Set the default time zone
*/
const date = new Date();
/* 
* Use the toLocaleString() method to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
*/
const currentTime = date.toLocaleString("en-us", {timeZone: "Asia/Colombo"});
/* 
* Print the current date and time
*/
console.log(currentTime); // 1/1/2023, 12:00:00 AM