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
Beirut switches to daylight saving time at 12:00AM on Thursday, March 30. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:31AM ↓ 05:55PM (12h 24m) - More info - Make Beirut time default - Add to favorite locations
Sun: ↑ 05:31AM ↓ 05:55PM (12h 24m) - More info - Make Beirut time default - Add to favorite locations
Time zone info for Beirut
UTC +2
Arabia Standard Time (AST)
now 8 hours ahead of Albuquerque
now 8 hours ahead of Albuquerque
- From 30 March 2023: UTC +3 / Arabia Daylight Time (ADT)
- The time in Beirut can be either 8 or 9 hours ahead of the time in Albuquerque, depending on the time of the year.
- Latest time zone news: Lebanon reverses DST postponement
- The IANA time zone identifier for Beirut 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 12:00AM to 11:00PM 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 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.
Time difference
from Beirut
| 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 |