Damascus — Asia/Damascus
The current local time in the Asia/Damascus IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Syria in the area around Damascus. The zone is currently at UTC +03:00 · GMT+3 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Asia/Damascus
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +03:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Asia/Damascus
Damascus vs. major cities
How far Damascus is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Damascus, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Damascus | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Damascus time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Damascus
Since 1970, Damascus has gone through 6 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 47 of 57 years. Since 2022 it has stayed on UTC +03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Damascus stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1978 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1979–1982 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983–1984 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1985 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1986–2021 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Forward on the last Friday in March, back on the last Friday in October (since 2012) |
| 2022–2026 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Damascus
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Asia/Damascus on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Asia/Aden Amman Asia/Amman Baghdad Asia/Baghdad Bahrain Asia/Bahrain Kuwait Asia/Kuwait Qatar Asia/Qatar Riyadh Asia/Riyadh Addis Ababa Africa/Addis_Ababa Asmera Africa/Asmera Dar es Salaam Africa/Dar_es_Salaam Djibouti Africa/Djibouti Kampala Africa/Kampala Mogadishu Africa/Mogadishu Nairobi Africa/Nairobi Syowa Antarctica/Syowa Istanbul Europe/Istanbul Kirov Europe/Kirov Minsk Europe/Minsk More references for Asia/Damascus
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