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The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.

Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).

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3:00 pm15:00 IDT (UTC+3), Oct 15, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 15, 2026

Rishon LeẔiyyon is 3 hours ahead of GMT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Rishon LeZiyyon is 3 hours ahead of GMT. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 26, 2027, Rishon LeZiyyon is 2 hours ahead of GMT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Rishon LeZiyyon correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Rishon LeZiyyon correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Rishon LeZiyyon correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in GMT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Rishon LeZiyyon correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in GMT.

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

Time Difference

IDT (Israel Daylight Time) is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT

Rishon LeẔiyyon to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in Rishon LeẔiyyon which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in GMT

3:00 pm15:00 IDT (Israel Daylight Time) (Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT

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Rishon LeẔiyyon Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
IDT – Israel Daylight Time, UTC+3 (now, daylight saving time)
IST – Israel Standard Time, UTC+2 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (IST). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Friday, March 26, 2027 at 2:00 amFriday, March 26, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (IDT). Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Rishon LeẔiyyon Facts

Country
Israel
Alternative Names
Ayun Kara, Le Tsiyon, Le Tsīyōn, Richon le Sion, Rischon LeZion, Rishon Le Zion, Rishon LeTsiyyon, Rishon LeZion, Rishon LeZiyyon, Rishon Letsiyon, Rishon LeẔiyyon, Rishon Lsiyon, Rishon le Siyon, Rishon le Ziyon, Rishon-le-Cion, Risjon Letsion, Rison-Le-Ciono, Riszon le-Cijjon, Riŝon-Le-Ciono, `Uyun Qara, rʼswn lzywn, Ришон-ле-Цион, ראשון לציון, ‘Uyūn Qāra
Population
258,535
Currency
Shekel (ILS)
Geographic Coordinates
31° 58' N Latitude / 34° 47' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+972

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Map of the areas on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
GMT all year GMT part of the year

Today the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time).

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
  • Africa/Bissau
  • Africa/Conakry
  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
  • Africa/Nouakchott
  • Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Africa/Sao_Tome
  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
  • Eire
  • Etc/GMT
  • Etc/GMT+0
  • Etc/GMT-0
  • Etc/GMT0
  • Etc/Greenwich
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Dublin
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
  • GMT
  • GMT+0
  • GMT-0
  • GMT0
  • Greenwich
  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone