Historically distinct IANA time zone

Asia/Beirut

Canonical IANA identifier · Data release 2026c

Local time now +03:00 EEST · current offset

Countries: Lebanon
GPS reference: 33.88° N, 35.50° E
Data source: IANA asia
Aliases: None
Rule groups: Lebanon

Geographic context

Where this clock belongs

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World location

Regional context

GPS reference: 33.88° N, 35.50° E. Associated countries: LB.

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Notes from the time database

The story behind the clock

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1993–2026

Rule context

Lebanon Lebanon ... announced today delay of Spring forward from March 25 to April 20. This announcement was by the Lebanese caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati. A video was later leaked to the media of parliament speaker Nabih Berri asking Mikati to postpone DST to aid observance of Ramadan, Mikati objecting that this would cause problems such as scheduling airline flights, to which Berri interjected, "What flights?" The change was controversial and led to a partly-sectarian divide. Many Lebanese institutions, including the education ministry, the Maronite church, and two news channels LCBI and MTV, ignored the announcement and went ahead with the long-scheduled spring-forward on March 25/26, some arguing that the prime minister had not followed the law because the change had not been approved by the cabinet. Google went with the announcement; Apple ignored it. At least one bank followed the announcement for its doors, but ignored the announcement in internal computer systems. Beirut international airport listed two times for each departure. Dan Azzi wrote "My view is that this whole thing is a Dumb and Dumber movie." Eventually the prime minister backed down, said the cabinet had decided to stick with its 1998 decision, and that DST would begin midnight March 29/30. Although we could model the chaos with two Zones, that would likely cause more trouble than it would cure. Since so many manual clocks and computer-based timestamps ignored the announcement, stick with official cabinet resolutions in the data while recording the prime minister's announcement as a comment. This is how we treated a similar situation in Rio de Janeiro in spring 1993.

Original IANA source file: asia.

Civil-time record

Recorded changes over time

From 1879 to 2027 · 121 recorded transitions

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Notable changes

One-off changes and transitions outside the recurring seasonal rhythm.

1879-12-31 23:38+02:00 · EETStandard time applies
1920-03-28 01:00+03:00 · EESTDaylight saving time begins
1920-10-24 23:00+02:00 · EETStandard time applies
1921-04-03 01:00+03:00 · EESTDaylight saving time begins
1921-10-02 23:00+02:00 · EETStandard time applies
1922-03-26 01:00+03:00 · EESTDaylight saving time begins

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Local time after transition	Offset after	Abbreviation	Rule
1879-12-31 23:38	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1920-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1920-10-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1921-04-03 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1921-10-02 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1922-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1922-10-07 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1923-04-22 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1923-09-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1957-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1957-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1958-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1958-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1959-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1959-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1960-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1960-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1961-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1961-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1972-06-22 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1972-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1973-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1973-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1974-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1974-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1975-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1975-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1976-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1976-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1977-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1977-09-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1978-04-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1978-09-29 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1984-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1984-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1985-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1985-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1986-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1986-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1987-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1987-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1988-06-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1988-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1989-05-10 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1989-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1990-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1990-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1991-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1991-10-15 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1992-05-01 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1992-10-03 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1993-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1993-09-25 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1994-03-27 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1994-09-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1995-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1995-09-23 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1996-03-31 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1996-09-28 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1997-03-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1997-09-27 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1998-03-29 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1998-09-26 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
1999-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
1999-10-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2000-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2000-10-28 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2001-03-25 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2001-10-27 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2002-03-31 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2002-10-26 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2003-03-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2003-10-25 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2004-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2004-10-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2005-03-27 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2005-10-29 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2006-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2006-10-28 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2007-03-25 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2007-10-27 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2008-03-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2008-10-25 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2009-03-29 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2009-10-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2010-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2010-10-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2011-03-27 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2011-10-29 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2012-03-25 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2012-10-27 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2013-03-31 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2013-10-26 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2014-03-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2014-10-25 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2015-03-29 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2015-10-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2016-03-27 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2016-10-29 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2017-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2017-10-28 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2018-03-25 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2018-10-27 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2019-03-31 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2019-10-26 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2020-03-29 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2020-10-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2021-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2021-10-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2022-03-27 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2022-10-29 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2023-03-26 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2023-10-28 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2024-03-31 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2024-10-26 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2025-03-30 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2025-10-25 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2026-03-29 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2026-10-24 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time
2027-03-28 01:00	+03:00	EEST	Daylight saving time
2027-10-30 23:00	+02:00	EET	Standard time