IANA Name: Israel
Standard Offset: UTC +02:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +03:00
DST Abbreviation: IDT
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
FAQ — Israel
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The current local time in Israel is 13:21:53. Israel is currently UTC+02:00. Compare with all major time zones.
Israel is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.
Yes — Israel observes DST. In standard time it is IST UTC+02:00; during DST it switches to IDT UTC+03:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.
Israel is used (in whole or in part) by Israel. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.
Use the time zone converter to translate between Israel and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.