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Asia/Karachi

Asia/Karachi is the IANA time zone for Pakistan.

UTC+05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+5 PKT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+05:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+5 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Pakistan Standard Time
Abbreviation
PKT
Long name
Pakistan Standard Time

Use it in code

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

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

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

Cities in Asia/Karachi

Also in this zone: Sargodha, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Arifwala, Dera Ismail Khan, Muzaffarābād, Battagram, Chunian.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–2001: UTC+5
  • 2002: UTC+5 and UTC+6 during the year
  • 2003–2007: UTC+5
  • 2008–2009: UTC+5 and UTC+6 each year
  • 2010–2026: UTC+5

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