Aleppo, Syria Β· UTC+3
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Aleppo is in the Asia/Damascus timezone (EET/UTC+2, DST to UTC+3 in summer). One of the worldβs oldest continuously inhabited cities, it has a population of around 2 million.
Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth. Archaeological evidence of settlement here goes back at least 8,000 years. The ancient covered souks, the Citadel on its volcanic mound, the network of medieval khans where merchants once lodged, all of these were part of a city whose rhythms were already ancient when the Roman Empire was young.
The clock is Eastern European Time, UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 during summer DST. The IANA identifier is Asia/Damascus, shared with the Syrian capital and the rest of the country.
Syria has had a complicated relationship with daylight saving time. The practice was abolished and reintroduced multiple times in the 20th century. Since 2011 and the onset of the Syrian conflict, time administration has been disrupted. Practical observation of DST transitions has varied by year and by the realities of which authorities control which areas.
War, destruction, and the old clock
Aleppo has suffered enormously in Syriaβs civil war. Significant portions of the historic city center, the souks, the old quarters, were destroyed between 2012 and 2016. Reconstruction is ongoing, but the old rhythms of market days and trading caravans exist now as history, not present reality.
Damascus shares the same timezone, keeping the countryβs two major cities synchronized. 9am in Aleppo is 7am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Aleppo
- What timezone is Aleppo in?
- Aleppo uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Damascus. The UTC offset is always UTC+3 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Aleppo observe daylight saving time?
- No. Aleppo does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+3 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Aleppo?
- Aleppo is currently at UTC+3.
- What is the time difference between Aleppo and New York?
- Aleppo is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Aleppo and London?
- Aleppo is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Aleppo and Los Angeles?
- Aleppo is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Aleppo and Tokyo?
- Aleppo is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Aleppo?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Aleppo is
Asia/Damascus. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Damascus' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Damascus')`), or any IANA-compatible library.