Asia/Qatar time zone

Asia/Qatar is an IANA time zone used in Qatar. It stays on UTC+3 all year.

Asia/Qatar at a glance

UTC offset now	UTC+3
Standard time	UTC+3
Used in	Qatar

Rules of the Asia/Qatar time zone

Asia/Qatar stays on UTC+3 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.

Recent and upcoming changes in Asia/Qatar

Date	Change	New offset
Wednesday, May 31, 1972	Clocks go back 1 hour for good: 12:00 AM becomes 11:00 PM	UTC+3

The base offset of this zone changed in 1972, from UTC+4 to UTC+3. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Where Asia/Qatar is used

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

Doha

Asia/Qatar 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)	--:--	8 h behind	8 h behind	7 h behind
Los Angeles (United States)	--:--	11 h behind	11 h behind	10 h behind
London (United Kingdom)	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	2 h behind
Paris (France)	--:--	2 h behind	2 h behind	1 h behind
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	--:--	1 h ahead	1 h ahead	1 h ahead
Mumbai (India)	--:--	2 h 30 min ahead	2 h 30 min ahead	2 h 30 min ahead
Singapore	--:--	5 h ahead	5 h ahead	5 h ahead
Tokyo (Japan)	--:--	6 h ahead	6 h ahead	6 h ahead
Sydney (Australia)	--:--	8 h ahead	8 h ahead	7 h ahead
UTC	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	3 h behind

Other zones on UTC+3 right now

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

Using Asia/Qatar in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Asia/Qatar, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+3 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Asia/Qatar:

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

Tools for time in Asia/Qatar

Convert a time to or from Asia/Qatar: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
Add Doha to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Qatar 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/Qatar?

UTC+3, 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.