Timezone Insight
The timezone in Paris is Europe/Paris (GMT+2).
Its current offset is GMT+02:00 (GMT+2).
What is the Timezone of Paris?
Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Europe/Paris timezone used by Paris, France.
IANA Timezone Data
How to convert from Europe/Paris to UTC
Converting a time from Europe/Paris to UTC is straightforward:
For example, if it is 12:00 in Paris, it is 10:00 UTC.
To convert the other way (UTC to Paris), add +2 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.
About the Europe/Paris timezone
Europe/Paris is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Paris, France. 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/LondonEurope/BerlinEurope/MadridEurope/RomeEurope/AthensEurope/Moscow
Related tools
- See the current local time in Paris.
- Use the Paris vs London time difference calculator.
- Check how many hours of daylight Paris gets today.
- See the sunrise & sunset times in Paris.