Skip to content
Open the map

Asia/Baghdad

Asia/Baghdad is the IANA time zone for Iraq.

UTC+03:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+3 AST

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+03:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+3 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Arabian Standard Time
Abbreviation
AST
Long name
Arabian Standard Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Baghdad' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Asia/Baghdad')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Baghdad';

Cities in Asia/Baghdad

Also in this zone: Sadr City, Abū Ghurayb, Sulaymaniyah, Nasiriyah, Najaf, Al Hillah, Abū al-Kahṣīb, Al Maḩmūdīyah, Dihok, Al ‘Amārah, Al Diwaniyah, Al-Kut.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1981: UTC+3
  • 1982–2007: UTC+3 and UTC+4 each year
  • 2008–2026: UTC+3

Open in the map →