Asia/Ashgabat is an IANA time zone used in Turkmenistan. It stays on UTC+5 all year.
Asia/Ashgabat at a glance
| UTC offset now | UTC+5 |
|---|---|
| Standard time | UTC+5 |
| Used in | Turkmenistan |
How Asia/Ashgabat keeps time
Asia/Ashgabat has stayed on UTC+5 since its last daylight saving period in 1991. Software that still applies an old rule will show the wrong time, so keep tz data up to date.
Recent and upcoming changes in Asia/Ashgabat
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 25, 1990 | Clocks go forward 1 hour: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM | UTC+6 |
| Sunday, September 30, 1990 | Clocks go back 1 hour: 3:00 AM becomes 2:00 AM | UTC+5 |
| Sunday, September 29, 1991 | Clocks go back 1 hour: 3:00 AM becomes 2:00 AM | UTC+4 |
| Sunday, January 19, 1992 | Clocks go forward 1 hour and stay there: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM | UTC+5 |
The base offset of this zone changed in 1992, from UTC+4 to UTC+5. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.
Countries and cities on Asia/Ashgabat
Asia/Ashgabat is used in Turkmenistan. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.
Asia/Ashgabat compared with other time zones
Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.
| City | Time now | Difference now | In January | In July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (United States) | --:-- | 10 h behind | 10 h behind | 9 h behind |
| Los Angeles (United States) | --:-- | 13 h behind | 13 h behind | 12 h behind |
| London (United Kingdom) | --:-- | 5 h behind | 5 h behind | 4 h behind |
| Paris (France) | --:-- | 4 h behind | 4 h behind | 3 h behind |
| Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | --:-- | 1 h behind | 1 h behind | 1 h behind |
| Mumbai (India) | --:-- | 30 min ahead | 30 min ahead | 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | --:-- | 3 h ahead | 3 h ahead | 3 h ahead |
| Tokyo (Japan) | --:-- | 4 h ahead | 4 h ahead | 4 h ahead |
| Sydney (Australia) | --:-- | 6 h ahead | 6 h ahead | 5 h ahead |
| UTC | --:-- | 5 h behind | 5 h behind | 5 h behind |
Other zones on UTC+5 right now
These IANA zones show the same time as Asia/Ashgabat today. Their clock-change rules may differ.
- Asia/Almaty
- Asia/Aqtau
- Asia/Aqtobe
- Asia/Atyrau
- Asia/Dushanbe
- Asia/Karachi
- Asia/Oral
- Asia/Qostanay
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Asia/Samarkand
- Asia/Tashkent
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
Using Asia/Ashgabat in software
Use the zone name Asia/Ashgabat rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.
Show the current time in Asia/Ashgabat:
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Ashgabat', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Ashgabat'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Ashgabat')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Asia/Ashgabat datePlan around the time in Asia/Ashgabat
- Convert a time to or from Asia/Ashgabat: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
- Add Ashgabat to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
- Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Ashgabat and the other cities you work with.
- Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the UTC offset of Asia/Ashgabat?
UTC+5, all year.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.