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This converter uses IDT (UTC+3), as in Jerusalem.

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3:00 pm15:00 IDT (UTC+3), Oct 18, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 UTC (UTC+0), Oct 18, 2026

IDT is 3 hours ahead of UTC.

IST and UTC examples

These examples always use IST (UTC+2) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

IST is 2 hours ahead of UTC.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, IDT Israel is 3 hours ahead of UTC. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 26, 2027, IST Israel is 2 hours ahead of UTC.

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

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

Time Difference

Israel Daylight Time is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in IDT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

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

3:00 pm15:00 Israel Daylight Time (IDT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 IDT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

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Israel Standard Time

Offset: IST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Israel

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Jerusalem in Israel, with about 971,800 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tel Aviv, Haifa, Rishon LeTsiyyon, Petaẖ Tiqva.

Map of the areas on Israel Standard Time (IST)
IST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+3 (IDT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Israel Daylight Time (IDT).

123456789101112End: Israel Standard Time (IST) ended on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Friday, March 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead.

123456789101112Start: Israel Standard Time (IST) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

See Israel daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for IST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Jerusalem
  • Asia/Tel_Aviv
  • Israel
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time

Coordinated Universal Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

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

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but UTC is the standard the scientific community uses.
UTC has been the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, such as aviation and meteorology, and to synchronize time across internet networks.

Map of the areas on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
UTC all year UTC part of the year

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

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
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