Time in Syria

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Time in the Middle East

UTC+02:00
Egypt Standard Time
UTC+02:00

UTC+03:00
Eastern European Time /
Israel Standard Time /
Eastern European Summer Time /
Israel Summer Time
UTC+03:00
Arabia Standard Time /
Turkey Time
UTC+03:30
Iran Standard Time
UTC+04:00
Gulf Standard Time
#### Standard time observed all year
# Daylight saving time observed Time Zones of the Middle East.svg
Time in the Middle East
   UTC+02:00 Egypt Standard Time
   UTC+02:00

UTC+03:00
Eastern European Time /
Israel Standard Time /
Eastern European Summer Time /
Israel Summer Time
   UTC+03:00 Arabia Standard Time /
Turkey Time
   UTC+03:30 Iran Standard Time
   UTC+04:00 Gulf Standard Time
Standard time observed all year
Daylight saving time observed

Time in Syria is given by Arabia Standard Time (AST) (UTC+03:00).

On October 4, 2022, Syria abolished daylight saving time (DST). [1] Prior to that date, Syria used EET (UTC+02:00) and observed DST, as EEST (UTC+03:00). Transition dates had in general been last Friday of March (sometimes first Friday of April) to last Friday of October, or before 2006 1 April to 1 October with variations. [2] This was similar, but not same as the European Union, where transition dates are on Sundays.

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Syria in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Damascus.

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References

  1. Time Zone Change in Syria as of October 4th 2022
  2. Clock Changes in Damascus, Syria (Dimashq) in 2017