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3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 25, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 EET (UTC+2), Oct 25, 2026

AST is 1 hour ahead of Tripoli.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, AST Arabia and Tripoli, Lebanon have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, AST Arabia is 1 hour ahead of Tripoli, Lebanon.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tripoli, Lebanon. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Tripoli, Lebanon.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in Tripoli, Lebanon. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Compare AST time with Tripoli time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Arabia Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of EET (Eastern European Time).
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 2:00 pm14:00 in Tripoli, Lebanon

AST to Tripoli call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in AST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Tripoli

3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Tripoli, Lebanon). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 AST / 2:00 pm14:00 Tripoli, Lebanon

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Arabia Standard Time

Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Baghdad in Iraq, with about 7.216 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jeddah, Riyadh, Sanaa, Mosul.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

Tripoli Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EET – Eastern European Time, UTC+2 (now)
EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3 (daylight saving time)
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 12:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 00:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (EEST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 31, 2027 at 12:00 amSunday, October 31, 2027 at 00:00: clocks go back 1 hour to Saturday, October 30, 2027 at 11:00 pmSaturday, October 30, 2027 at 23:00 (EET). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.

Tripoli Facts

Country
Lebanon
Alternative Names
KYE, Tarabulus, Trablous, Trablussam, Trablusşam, Tripol, Tripole, Tripoli, Tripoli i Libanon, Tripolis, Tripolo, Tripuli, Trypali, Trypolis, Trâblous, Trìpuli, Trípol, Trípoli, de li bo li, teulipolli, toripori, trabls, trabls alsham, tripoli, trippeali, trypwly, Ţarābulus, Τρίπολη, Триполи, Триполі, Трыпалі, Տրիպոլի, טריפאלי, טריפולי, ترابلس, طرابلس, طرابلس الشام, त्रिपोली, ട്രിപ്പൊളി, ตริโปลี, ტრიპოლი, トリポリ, 的黎波里, 트리폴리
Population
229,398
Currency
Pound (LBP)
Geographic Coordinates
34° 26' N Latitude / 35° 50' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+961