Time zones

IST — Israel Standard Time

Disambiguation — India (UTC+5:30), Israel (UTC+2), or Irish Standard Time (UTC+1).

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UTC+02:00 GMT+3
Quick answer

IST stands for Israel Standard Time. Disambiguation — India (UTC+5:30), Israel (UTC+2), or Irish Standard Time (UTC+1).

IST is UTC+02:00 from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The primary IANA zone is Asia/Jerusalem.

IST is the standard-time abbreviation; it shifts to IDT (UTC+03:00) during daylight saving time.

Other time zone abbreviations

UTCGMTCETCESTEETEESTWETWESTBSTMSKESTEDTCSTCDTMSTMDTPSTPDTAKSTAKDTHSTASTADTNST

Frequently Asked Questions

IST — Israel Standard Time. Disambiguation — India (UTC+5:30), Israel (UTC+2), or Irish Standard Time (UTC+1).

IST is UTC+02:00. It is paired with IDT (UTC+03:00).

Countries and territories primarily using IST include: IL.

Yes. Zones using IST shift to IDT (UTC+03:00) during daylight saving time and return to IST when DST ends.

IST is the winter (standard) abbreviation and IDT is the summer (daylight-saving) abbreviation. IDT is one hour ahead of IST.

The primary IANA time zone representing IST is Asia/Jerusalem. Operating systems and programming libraries use this identifier to resolve local time.