Current time in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel · Asia/Jerusalem

Monday

20:45:27

Monday, 26 October 2026

8:45:27 PM · IST · UTC+02:00

Timezone details

  • City: Jerusalem
  • Country: Israel
  • IANA timezone: Asia/Jerusalem
  • UTC/GMT offset: UTC+02:00
  • Abbreviation: IST
  • Daylight saving: No, DST is not active now.
  • Difference from UTC: 2 hours ahead of UTC

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Sunrise: 5:48 AM · Sunset: 4:57 PM

24-hour timeline

Blue: 09:00–17:00 Orange: evening Grey: night Outlined/dark: current hour (20:00)

Typical business hours

Many offices in Jerusalem keep weekday hours around 09:00–17:00 local time. That is a general planning range, not a claim about a specific employer. On the 24-hour bar, those hours are marked as working hours.

If you are calling from another timezone, compare Jerusalem with another city and use the overlapping 09:00–17:00 helper.

How this time is calculated

The server converts the current UTC instant into Asia/Jerusalem using PHP’s DateTimeZone database. The offset UTC+02:00 and DST flag are taken from that instant, so March and November transitions are included automatically. JavaScript then keeps the displayed clock ticking in the same zone.

Last calculated: 2026-10-26 18:45:27 UTC. Review timezone rules if your operating system tzdata is outdated.

About time in Jerusalem

Jerusalem uses Asia/Jerusalem. Israel Daylight Time typically applies from late March to late October.

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Frequently asked questions

The current time in Jerusalem is shown at the top of this page and updates every second. It is calculated from the IANA timezone Asia/Jerusalem.

Jerusalem uses the IANA timezone identifier Asia/Jerusalem. The current abbreviation is IST with an offset of UTC+02:00.

No, daylight saving time is not currently active. The offset is taken from PHP’s timezone database for this exact date, not from a fixed UTC value.

Jerusalem is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC.

Not necessarily. Open the Israel page to see whether that country uses more than one timezone.