Israel Standard Time (IST) (Hebrew: שעון ישראלSha'on Yisra'el, lit. "Clock of Israel") is the standard time zone in Israel. It is two hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00).
At the beginning of the British Mandate, the time zone of the mandate area (present-day Israel and Jordan), was set to Cairo's time zone, which is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. The unique "Israel Standard Time" came into effect with the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, which gave Israel the authority in determining its own time, specifically to enact daylight saving time.
Differences between other countriesedit
The offset from UTC is equivalent to Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00), during most of the year. Because Israel switches to summer time on Friday, rather than Sunday as most other countries do, the change of time in spring occurs either two days before or five days after the switch to summer time in Europe. The switch on Friday is due to having the Jewish Sabbath as the common rest day of the week. Prior to 2013, Israel Daylight Time ended earlier in autumn, and the time was identical to Central European Summer Time for between two and seven weeks during these months.
israel, standard, time, hebrew, שעון, ישראל, yisra, clock, israel, standard, time, zone, israel, hours, ahead, time, middle, east, egypt, standard, time, 00utc, eastern, european, time, eastern, european, summer, time, israel, summer, time, arabia, standard, t. Israel Standard Time IST Hebrew שעון ישראל Sha on Yisra el lit Clock of Israel is the standard time zone in Israel It is two hours ahead of UTC UTC 02 00 Time in the Middle East UTC 02 00 Egypt Standard Time UTC 02 00UTC 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 observedTime zone in Israel yellowIsrael Standard Time UTC 2 Israel Summer Time UTC 3 Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT Contents 1 Overview 1 1 History 1 2 Differences between other countries 1 3 Daylight saving time 2 See also 3 ReferencesOverview editHistory edit At the beginning of the British Mandate the time zone of the mandate area present day Israel and Jordan was set to Cairo s time zone which is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time The unique Israel Standard Time came into effect with the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 which gave Israel the authority in determining its own time specifically to enact daylight saving time Differences between other countries edit The offset from UTC is equivalent to Eastern European Time UTC 02 00 during most of the year Because Israel switches to summer time on Friday rather than Sunday as most other countries do the change of time in spring occurs either two days before or five days after the switch to summer time in Europe The switch on Friday is due to having the Jewish Sabbath as the common rest day of the week Prior to 2013 Israel Daylight Time ended earlier in autumn and the time was identical to Central European Summer Time for between two and seven weeks during these months Israel also shares the UTC 02 00 time offset with Egypt Lebanon and Cyprus Daylight saving time edit Main article Israel Summer Time Israel observes daylight saving time locally called Israel Summer Time Hebrew שעון קיץ She on Kayits sometimes abbreviated in English as IDT Since July 2013 IDT begins on the Friday before the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October 1 See also editIsrael Summer Time Daylight saving timeReferences edit Knesset votes to extend Daylight Saving Time 07 08 2013 nbsp This Israel related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Israel Standard Time amp oldid 1186511137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
