Asia/Jerusalem time zone

Asia/Jerusalem is an IANA time zone used in Israel. It is on standard time now, UTC+2 (IST), until Friday, March 26, 2027.

Asia/Jerusalem at a glance

Rules of the Asia/Jerusalem time zone

Asia/Jerusalem switches between two offsets: UTC+2 (IST) for standard time and UTC+3 (IDT) for daylight saving time. Below are the last changes and the ones scheduled next.

Recent and upcoming changes in Asia/Jerusalem

Where Asia/Jerusalem is used

Asia/Jerusalem is used in Israel. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• Jerusalem

Asia/Jerusalem 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.

Other zones on UTC+2 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Asia/Jerusalem today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Africa/Blantyre
• Africa/Bujumbura
• Africa/Cairo
• Africa/Gaborone
• Africa/Harare
• Africa/Johannesburg
• Africa/Juba
• Africa/Khartoum
• Africa/Kigali
• Africa/Lubumbashi
• Africa/Lusaka
• Africa/Maputo

Using Asia/Jerusalem in software

Use the zone name Asia/Jerusalem 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/Jerusalem:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Jerusalem', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Jerusalem'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Jerusalem')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Asia/Jerusalem date

Plan around the time in Asia/Jerusalem

• Convert a time to or from Asia/Jerusalem: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add Jerusalem to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Jerusalem and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

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.