Current local time in Israel
Current time in Israel
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Asia/Jerusalem · UTC+2
Israel keeps Israel Standard Time (IST, UTC+2) through the winter and moves to Israel Daylight Time (IDT, UTC+3) from the Friday before the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The clock above already has the correct one applied, so there is nothing to work out by hand. Israel is one of the few places whose clocks change on a Friday rather than a Sunday, so scripts that assume a Sunday transition get it wrong twice a year.
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Time zone facts
- Standard time
- Israel Standard Time (IST), UTC+2
- Summer time
- Israel Daylight Time (IDT), UTC+3
- Daylight saving
- Observed from the Friday before the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October
- IANA timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
Common questions
- What time is it in Israel right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Israel, updated every second, with today's date and the day of the week beneath it. It reads your device's clock and converts it using the Asia/Jerusalem rules, so it stays correct across daylight-saving changes.
- What is the UTC offset in Israel?
- IST is UTC+2 and IDT is UTC+3. Israel is on IDT from the Friday before the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, and on IST for the rest of the year.
- Does Israel observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Clocks go forward an hour for Israel Daylight Time, which runs from the Friday before the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, and back again at the end of it.
- What is the IANA timezone for Israel?
- Asia/Jerusalem. That is the identifier to use in code (a database column, a cron schedule, an Intl.DateTimeFormat call), because it carries the full history of offset and daylight-saving changes for Israel rather than one fixed number.