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Asia/Qatar

Asia/Qatar is the IANA time zone for Qatar.

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/Qatar' })

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

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

Cities in Asia/Qatar

Also in this zone: Ar Rayyān, Lusail, Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin, Al Wakrah, Al Khawr.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1971: UTC+4
  • 1972: UTC+3 and UTC+4 during the year
  • 1973–2026: UTC+3

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