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Asia/Gaza time zone

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EETUTC+2+7 h vs New York (you)

About Asia/Gaza

Asia/Gaza is the IANA time zone for Gaza Strip in Palestinian Territory. It currently keeps Eastern European Standard Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) in summer.

Its principal location is Gaza at 31.50° N, 34.47° E.

Abbreviations in use: EET, EEST. Offset page: UTC+2.

Rule for future years (POSIX TZ string)

EET-2EEST,M3.4.4/50,M10.4.4/50

The standard time is called EET and is UTC+2. POSIX writes the offset with the opposite sign (west of Greenwich is positive), which is why the string says "-2". Daylight saving time is called EEST and is UTC+3. It starts on the fourth Thursday of March at 50:00 and ends on the fourth Thursday of October at 50:00, local time. Software that has no full tzdata copy, such as many embedded devices, can use this string directly as the TZ environment variable.

Upcoming transitions

Computed from tzdata 2026f; local times are read on the clock just before each change.

History of Asia/Gaza since 1970

The record starts with local mean time (UTC+2:18), which ended on October 1, 1900. The first daylight saving time in the record is in 1940.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–1973UTC+2 all yearIST
1974–1975UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summerIST, IDT
1976–1979UTC+2 all yearIST
1980mostly UTC+2; also UTC+3 for part of the yearIST, IDT
1981–1983UTC+2 all yearIST
1984 onwardUTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summerIST, IDT, EET, EEST

Before 1970

35 offset changes before 1970 in the record; the first 12 and the last 12:

tzdata commits to accuracy from 1970 for every zone (zone1970.tab); earlier entries are historical research and may be incomplete.

Aliases and zones with the same clock

Other zones that keep exactly the same time under the current rules (but have a different history): Asia/Hebron.

Convert Gaza time

Tip: Alt+↑/↓ steps the time by 15 minutes (Shift: one hour). The link keeps the date, time and direction.

Using Asia/Gaza in code

Every major platform reads the same IANA ID. Store instants in UTC and convert with the ID at display time; never store a fixed offset for a place that has daylight saving time.

// JavaScript
new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Gaza' })

# Python 3.9+
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
from datetime import datetime
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Gaza'))

// Java
java.time.ZonedDateTime.now(java.time.ZoneId.of("Asia/Gaza"))

// Go
loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("Asia/Gaza")
time.Now().In(loc)

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Gaza';

# Shell
TZ='Asia/Gaza' date

Platforms ship their own copy of tzdata and update it on their own schedule. After a rule change, outputs can differ until the platform updates; this page uses tzdata 2026f.

Questions

What is the UTC offset of Asia/Gaza?
UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer (daylight saving time from the fourth Thursday of March at 2:00 PM to the fourth Thursday of October at 2:00 PM).
Does Asia/Gaza observe daylight saving time?
Yes: clocks move one hour forward on the fourth Thursday of March at 2:00 PM and back on the fourth Thursday of October at 2:00 PM.
Which countries use Asia/Gaza?
Palestinian Territory, according to zone1970.tab in tzdata.

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