IST(Israel Standard Time)
Israel Standard Time (IST) is the standard time of Israel, two hours ahead of UTC.
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Abbreviation
- IST
- Full name
- Israel Standard Time
- Military letter
- Bravo (B)
- Regions
- Israel
- IANA zones
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Converter model
- Fixed offset.
What IST means
IST is Israel's legal civil time and is used for all domestic scheduling; it shares its offset with Eastern European Time.
- Israeli sources sometimes write IST and sometimes IDT, while international sources may simply write UTC+2 to avoid the clash with India.
Cities on this offset
These cities keep UTC+02:00 as their standard offset:
- Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
- Haifa
- Beersheba
Other meanings of IST
IST is used for more than one time zone. This page describes Israel Standard Time; the other meanings have their own pages and their own offsets:
- IST — Irish Standard Time (UTC+01:00)
- IST — India Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Zones with the same offset
- EET — Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
History
Israel has set its own clock policy since 1948, and the timing of its seasonal changes has repeatedly been the subject of national legislation.