What's the time now in Lebanon? There is some confusion about that.
The recent postponement of daylight saving time in Lebanon has been reversed, and the government has decided that daylight saving time will start on Thursday, 30 March.
The official time zone offset for Lebanon will be UTC +2 until then, although several institutions already switched to Lebanese Daylight Saving Time (UTC +3). The time displayed here is UTC +2, ie. Lebanese Standard Time.
The official time zone offset for Lebanon will be UTC +2 until then, although several institutions already switched to Lebanese Daylight Saving Time (UTC +3). The time displayed here is UTC +2, ie. Lebanese Standard Time.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Lebanon switches to daylight saving time at 00:00 on Thursday, March 30. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:30 ↓ 17:54 (12h 24m) - More info - Make Lebanon time default - Add to favorite locations
Sun: ↑ 05:30 ↓ 17:54 (12h 24m) - More info - Make Lebanon time default - Add to favorite locations
Time zone info for Lebanon
UTC +2
Arabia Standard Time (AST)
now same time as France
now same time as France
- From 30 March 2023: UTC +3 / Arabia Daylight Time (ADT)
- The time in Lebanon can be either one hour ahead of or the same as the time in France, depending on the time of the year.
- Latest time zone news: Lebanon reverses DST postponement
- The IANA time zone identifier for Lebanon is Asia/Beirut.
Sunday October 30 2022
Latest change: Winter time started
- Switched to UTC +2 / Arabia Standard Time (AST).
- The time was set back one hour from 00:00 to 23:00 local time.
Thursday March 30 2023
Next change: Summer time starts
- Switching to UTC +3 / Arabia Daylight Time (ADT).
- The time will be set forward one hour from 00:00 to 01:00 local time.
Time difference
from Lebanon
| Los Angeles | −9 hours | −9 hours |
| Chicago | −7 hours | −7 hours |
| New York | −6 hours | −6 hours |
| Toronto | −6 hours | −6 hours |
| São Paulo | −5 hours | −5 hours |
| UTC | −2 hours | −2 hours |
| Lagos | −1 hours | −1 hours |
| London | −1 hours | −1 hours |
| Cairo | 0 | |
| Johannesburg | 0 | |
| Paris | 0 | |
| Zurich | 0 | |
| Istanbul | +1 hours | |
| Moscow | +1 hours | |
| Dubai | +2 hours | |
| Mumbai | +3.5 hours | |
| Hong Kong | +6 hours | |
| Shanghai | +6 hours | |
| Singapore | +6 hours | |
| Tokyo | +7 hours | |
| Sydney | +9 hours |