Israel Standard Time
Israel Standard Time (IST) (Hebrew: שעון ישראל Sha'on Yisra'el, lit.
[1] This gave authority for setting the exact time with National Physical Laboratory in the Ministry of Economy.
The switch on Friday is due to having the Jewish Sabbath as the common rest day of the week.
Israel also shares the UTC+02:00 time offset with Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus.
Israel observes daylight saving time, locally called Israel Summer Time (Hebrew: שעון קיץ She'on Kayits, sometimes abbreviated in English as IDT).
▉ ▉ ▉ Standard time observed all year
▉ Daylight saving time observed
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Israel Standard Time
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UTC+2
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Israel Summer Time ( UTC+3 ) |