Iran Standard Time

Time in the Middle East

	UTC+02:00	Eastern European Time
	UTC+02:00 UTC+03:00	Eastern European Time / Israel Standard Time Eastern European Summer Time / Israel Summer (Daylight) Time
	UTC+03:00	Further-eastern European Time Arabia Standard Time
	UTC+03:30 UTC+04:30	Iran Standard Time Iran Daylight Time
	UTC+04:00	Gulf Standard Time

Light colors indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colors indicate where daylight savings is observed.

Iran Standard Time (IRST) or Iran Time (IT) is the time zone used in Iran. Iran uses a UTC offset UTC+03:30. IRST is defined by the 52.5 degrees east meridian, the same meridian which defines the Iranian calendar and is the official meridian of Iran.

Between 2005 and 2008, by decree of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran did not observe daylight saving time (called Iran Daylight Time or IRDT).^[1][2] It was reintroduced from 21 March 2008.

Daylight Saving Transitions Dates

Iran is unusual in that the dates of DST transitions aren't based on a rule such as the third Monday in September.
So in most countries, DST transitions occur on the same weekday every year, but not in Iran.^[3]

2014
Sat, Mar 22, 12:00 AM
Mon, Sep 22, 12:00 AM
2015
Sun, Mar 22, 12:00 AM
Tue, Sep 22, 12:00 AM
2016
Mon, Mar 21, 12:00 AM
Wed, Sep 21, 12:00 AM
2017
Wed, Mar 22, 12:00 AM
Fri, Sep 22, 12:00 AM
2018
Thu, Mar 22, 12:00 AM
Sat, Sep 22, 12:00 AM

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Iran in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Tehran.

References

1. "Iran will not observe DST". Presstv.ir. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
2. "Time zone and daylight saving time for Iran – Tehran between 2010 and 2019". Timeanddate.com. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
3. "Time Changes in Tehran over the years".