The time zones in Palestine are Palestine Standard Time (PSST) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين القياسي) (UTC+02:00) and Palestine Summer Time (PSDT) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين الصيفي) (UTC+03:00).[1][2] Palestine first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1940. Palestine observed DST for 63 years between 1940 and 2025. The previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1983.[3] The Palestinian Government announces the dates for the start and end of summer time.[4] In 2020, they announced the end of summer time on 19 October, only 5 days before the change.[5]
▉▉▉ Standard time observed all year
▉ Daylight saving time observed
Israeli settlements
editThe Israeli settlements on the West Bank adhere to Israel Standard Time, which switches to Israel Summer Time on a different date than Palestine switches to Palestine Summer Time. This creates a one-hour difference for a few days for different groups of people living in the same geographic area.[6]
IANA time zone database
editIn the IANA time zone database, Palestine is given two zone identifiers in the file zone.tab: Asia/Gaza serving the Gaza Strip; and Asia/Hebron serving West Bank. These zones use EET (normal) and EEST (summer daylight) for their time zone abbreviations.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Time Zone". Ministry of Telecom & Information Technology. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024.
- ^ Time in Palestine. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Daylight Saving Time 2024 in Palestine". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Daylight saving time to start in Palestine on April 20". WAFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Palestine to end summer time on Oct 24th". ICANN mailing list. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Two Time Zones for Two Peoples: What Happens When Israel Moves Clock, but Palestinians Don't". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023.
- ^ "Asia (2025 edition)". tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
