Indian Ocean time zones:

IOT – Indian Chagos Time

Time zone offset: UTC + 6 hours

IOT is 6 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Time zone abbreviation: IOT

Full name is Indian Chagos Time

Email time zone indicator: +0600

An email sent from someone in the IOT time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0600" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0600" does not have to be in IOT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below

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Where and when is IOT observed?

IOT is used all year

• British Indian Ocean Territory

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in IOT

• Diego Garcia - This time zone offset is used all year in this location

Other time zones in Indian Ocean

Go directly through the links below, or see the Indian Ocean time zone list

• CCT - Cocos Islands Time
• EAT - East Africa Time
• TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time

Time zones in other regions

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Caribbean
• Central America
• Europe
• Military
• North America
• Pacific
• South America

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones