Time in Georgia now
4:05PMUTC+4
UTC+4+9 h vs New York (you)Asia/Tbilisi
No clock changes: Georgia stays on UTC+4 all year.
Time zone in Georgia
Georgia uses a single time zone: UTC+4 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Tbilisi lies at 44.8° east, where mean solar time is UTC+2:59 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 1 h 1 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 1:01 PM. A gap of an hour or more means late sunrises and long evenings.
Daylight saving time in Georgia
No. Georgia does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2004, after 22 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Georgia
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+2:59 in Tbilisi), which ended on December 31, 1879, when TBMT (UTC+2:59) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 22 of the 55 years, most recently in 2004. The first summer time in the record dates from 1981. The table summarises the clocks of Georgia year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Tbilisi.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1980 | UTC+4 all year | — |
| 1981–1990 | UTC+4 in winter, UTC+5 in summer | — |
| 1991 | UTC+4 until September 29, then UTC+3 | — |
| 1992–1993 | UTC+3 in winter, UTC+4 in summer | — |
| 1994 | UTC+3 until March 27, then UTC+4 | — |
| 1995 | UTC+4 in winter, UTC+5 in summer | — |
| 1996 | UTC+4 until March 31, then UTC+5 | — |
| 1997 | UTC+5 until October 26, then UTC+4 | — |
| 1998–2003 | UTC+4 in winter, UTC+5 in summer | — |
| 2004 | mostly UTC+4; also UTC+3, UTC+5 for part of the year | — |
| 2005 | UTC+3 until March 27, then UTC+4 | — |
| 2006 onward | UTC+4 all year | — |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, September 29, 1991, from UTC+4 to UTC+3; Sunday, March 27, 1994, from UTC+3 to UTC+4.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Georgia time
Time difference between Georgia and major cities
| City | Local time now | Georgia vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h | +9 h | +8 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +12 h | +12 h | +11 h | none / none |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +3 h | 4 h / 5 h |
| Berlin | 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h 30 min | −1 h 30 min | −1 h 30 min | 6 h 30 min / 6 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| Tokyo | 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Sydney | 11:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Georgia’s office hours overlap yours today.
Georgia and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Georgia, it is 12:00 AM in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 5:00 PM in Georgia is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Georgia overlaps London’s for 4 h in January (1:00 PM–5:00 PM Georgia time), 5 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Georgia it is 5:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Georgia overlaps New Delhi’s for 6 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–3:30 PM Georgia time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Georgia it is 10:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Tbilisi and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabriz Iran | 420 km | 3:35 PM UTC+3:30 | −0 h 30 min |
| Diyarbakır Turkey | 580 km | 3:05 PM UTC+3 | −1 h |
| Kharkiv Ukraine | 1,130 km | 2:05 PM EET | −2 h |
| Beirut Lebanon | 1,190 km | 2:05 PM EET | −2 h |
| Ashgabat Turkmenistan | 1,230 km | 5:05 PM UTC+5 | +1 h |
| Alexandria Egypt | 1,770 km | 2:05 PM EET | −2 h |
Same clock as Georgia
These places keep exactly the same time as Georgia all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Baku, Asia/Dubai, Asia/Yerevan, Europe/Astrakhan, Europe/Samara and 3 more).
Cities in Georgia
Georgia at a glance
- CapitalTbilisi
- Population3,935,766
- Time zone IDAsia/Tbilisi
- Standard timeUTC+4
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+995