IST/IDT

Israel Standard Time

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IDT is not used on this date

This converter uses IST (GMT +2), the offset Jerusalem uses on this date. Open the IST converter.

Use this IDT Converter page to check current local time, UTC and GMT offset, daylight saving details, related time zones, and popular time converter links.

Israel Daylight Time

Offset: IDT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Israel

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IDT time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 801,000 people. Other major cities in this time zone include West Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashdod.

IDT Time Zone Geo Map — IDT timezone map

Daylight Saving: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Israel Standard Time (IST).

End: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Start: Israel Daylight Time (IDT) starts on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Friday of March

IDT 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 IDT
C - short form of 'Charlie'

IANA/Olson: Reflects IDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems

Asia/Jerusalem
Asia/Tel_Aviv
Israel

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