What timezone is Abu Dhabi in?

Abu Dhabi uses the IANA timezone Asia/Dubai. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.

Does Abu Dhabi observe daylight saving time?

No. Abu Dhabi does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.

What is the current UTC offset for Abu Dhabi?

Abu Dhabi is currently at UTC+4.

What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and New York?

Abu Dhabi is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and London?

Abu Dhabi is currently 3 hours ahead of London.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · UTC+4

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Abu Dhabi is in the Asia/Dubai timezone (GST/UTC+4), with no daylight saving. The UAE capital has a population of around 1.5 million.

Abu Dhabi operates on Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4, and has never used daylight saving time. The clock here is fixed, deliberate, and has not changed since the UAE was formed in 1971. For a city that has otherwise transformed itself at extraordinary speed, the static timezone is a quiet constant.

A shifted working week

The working week is the more distinctive time feature. Since 2022, the UAE shifted to a Monday-Friday workweek for the public sector, ending a long-running Saturday-Thursday schedule. The change was partly designed to improve overlap with global financial markets. Abu Dhabi’s working hours now align more closely with European trading hours than they did before.

The IANA timezone identifier is Asia/Dubai, shared with Dubai and the rest of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Abu Dhabi and Dubai, despite their different characters and occasional rivalries, exactly synchronized.

At 24 degrees north latitude, daylight doesn’t vary dramatically across seasons. December days run about 10.5 hours. June days run about 14. Manageable variation, which makes the absence of DST easy to live with.

9am in Abu Dhabi is 5am in London, a gap that makes early morning calls the practical window for UAE-UK business.

Sources

IANA timezone Asia/Dubai

Current offset UTC+4

Daylight saving No DST observed

- Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00 Abu Dhabi local time

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Questions about time in Abu Dhabi

What timezone is Abu Dhabi in?: Abu Dhabi uses the IANA timezone Asia/Dubai. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Abu Dhabi observe daylight saving time?: No. Abu Dhabi does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.
What is the current UTC offset for Abu Dhabi?: Abu Dhabi is currently at UTC+4.
What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and New York?: Abu Dhabi is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and London?: Abu Dhabi is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles?: Abu Dhabi is currently 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Abu Dhabi and Tokyo?: Abu Dhabi is currently 5 hours behind Tokyo.
What is the IANA timezone name for Abu Dhabi?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Abu Dhabi is Asia/Dubai. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Dubai' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Dubai')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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