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3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026

AST and ‘Afrīn have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

AST Arabia and ‘Afrīn have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in ‘Afrīn.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in ‘Afrīn.

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

Time Difference

Arabia Standard Time and AST (Arabia Standard Time) have the same local time.
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 3:00 pm15:00 in ‘Afrīn, Syria

AST to ‘Afrīn call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in AST which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in ‘Afrīn

3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (‘Afrīn, Syria). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 AST / 3:00 pm15:00 ‘Afrīn, Syria

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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

‘Afrīn Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
AST – Arabia Standard Time, UTC+3 (no daylight saving time)

‘Afrīn Facts

Country
Syria
Population
48,693
Currency
Pound (SYP)
Geographic Coordinates
36° 30' N Latitude / 36° 52' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+963