| MIDDLE EAST TIME ZONES |
The worldwide standard for coordinated universal time, formerly known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), is now abbreviated as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Some sources still refer to it as UTC/GMT and some web browsers, e.g. Mozilla Firefox, still display it as GMT.
The UTC Time (shown directly below) is the standard time zone upon which all other worldwide time zones are based. It never observes daylight saving time.
Standard TimeDaylight Saving Time is now in effect across the Middle East.
When countries are using Daylight Saving Time those countries will be identified as (DST)
Daylight Saving Time is used by some countries during the year, and those countries are:
+ 6 hours from UTC Kyrgistan |
+ 5 hours from UTC Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
+ 5 hours from UTC + 4 hours from UTC Armenia, Azerbaijan (DST) |
+ 4.5 hours from UTC Afghanistan (DST) |
+ 4.5 hours from UTC + 3.5 hours from UTC Iran (DST) |
+ 4 hours from UTC Georgia, Oman, United Arab Emirates |
+ 3 hours from UTC Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
+ 3 hours from UTC + 2 hours from UTC Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus (DST) |
+ 3 hours from UTC+ 2 hours from UTC Syria, Jordan, Israel (DST) |
+ 2 hours from UTC Egypt |
