Daylight saving time
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IST/IDT: Israel Time
Israel Time, UTC+2 right now. Used in Israel. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Fri, Mar 26, 2027.
IST, Israel Time
IST
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
UTC+2
- Abbreviation
- IST/IDT
- Full name
- Israel Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+2
- Standard time
- UTC+2
- Daylight time
- UTC+3
- Daylight saving
- Yes
- Reference zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Where
- Israel
Daylight saving time in IST
DST ended
Sun, Oct 25, 2026
Clocks went back 1 hour
DST starts
Fri, Mar 26, 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour
Winter
UTC+2
IST
Summer
UTC+3
IDT
IST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on IDT, UTC+3. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Fri, Mar 26, 2027.
Countries and cities on IST
Where Israel Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone.
| City | Local time | Compared to IST |
|---|---|---|
| IsraelJerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa | Wed 8:14 PM | Same time |
| Palestinian TerritoryBattir, Ma‘ale Adummim | Wed 8:14 PM | Same time |
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Ask a questionThe clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Israel Time (IST, or IDT in summer), following the rules of the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. It is UTC+2 at the moment.
IST stands for Israel Time. It is used in Israel.
IST is UTC+2. During daylight saving time the same places are on IDT, UTC+3.
IST is the standard time; in summer the zone is on IDT, UTC+3. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Fri, Mar 26, 2027.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- EET/EESTAthens
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.