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Timezone Insight

The timezone in Brussels is Europe/Brussels (GMT+2).

Its current offset is GMT+02:00 (GMT+2).

What is the Timezone of Brussels?

Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Europe/Brussels timezone used by Brussels, Belgium.

IANA Name
Europe/Brussels
Current Offset
GMT+02:00
Standard time
Country
Belgium
Europe region
Abbreviation
GMT+2
50.85°, 4.35°

IANA Timezone Data

RegionBelgium
Database NameEurope/Brussels
Standard AbbreviationGMT+2
UTC OffsetGMT+02:00
DST StatusInactive
Coordinates50.8503°, 4.3517°

How to convert from Europe/Brussels to UTC

Converting a time from Europe/Brussels to UTC is straightforward:

UTC = Brussels time − 2 hours

For example, if it is 12:00 in Brussels, it is 10:00 UTC.

To convert the other way (UTC to Brussels), add +2 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.

About the Europe/Brussels timezone

Europe/Brussels is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Brussels, Belgium. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.

IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.

Related time zones in the Europe region

  • Europe/London
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/Athens

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