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Europe/Istanbul

Europe/Istanbul is the IANA time zone for Turkey.

UTC+03:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+3 TRT

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
Türkiye Standard Time
Abbreviation
TRT
Long name
Türkiye Standard Time
Aliases
Asia/Istanbul and Turkey (old ids that resolve to Europe/Istanbul)

Use it in code

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

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Europe/Istanbul')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Istanbul';

Cities in Europe/Istanbul

Also in this zone: Esenyurt, Eskişehir, Çankaya, Küçükçekmece, Erzurum, Malatya, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1972: UTC+2
  • 1973–1978: UTC+2 and UTC+3 each year
  • 1979–1982: UTC+3
  • 1983: UTC+3 and UTC+4 during the year
  • 1984–2016: UTC+2 and UTC+3 each year
  • 2017–2026: UTC+3

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