Dublin, Ireland · UTC+1
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Dublin’s relationship with time has a legal peculiarity. The Standard Time Act 1968 defines Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+1) as the country’s standard time, and Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) as the winter offset. In effect, Ireland observes “negative daylight saving time”: it falls back to a lower offset in winter rather than rising to a higher one. The result is identical to what neighboring countries do, but the legal framing is inverted.
Long summer evenings and pub gardens
At 53.3 degrees north, Dublin has dramatic daylight variation. Near the summer solstice, sunrise comes before 5am and sunset after 10pm in Dublin. In the winter solstice, sunrise is after 8:30am and sunset before 4:15pm. The extra evening light during IST is genuinely used: outdoor culture, pub gardens, and evening sports all benefit. Ireland’s pubs were historically required to close by 11pm; the long summer evenings stretched the last hours of light well past closing time.
Cork to the southwest shares the same clock, though its westerly longitude means the sun sets slightly later there than in Dublin. The whole island runs on a single clock, which is sensible for a country about 480 kilometers from north to south.
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Questions about time in Dublin
- What timezone is Dublin in?
- Dublin is in Western European Time (WET), using the IANA timezone
Europe/Dublin. The standard UTC offset is UTC+0 in winter. During daylight saving time (summer), it becomes Western European Summer Time (WEST) at UTC+1. - Does Dublin observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Dublin observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+0 to UTC+1.
- What is the current UTC offset for Dublin?
- Dublin is currently at UTC+1. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Dublin and New York?
- Dublin is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Dublin and Los Angeles?
- Dublin is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Dublin and Tokyo?
- Dublin is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Dublin transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Dublin?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Dublin is
Europe/Dublin. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Dublin' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Dublin')`), or any IANA-compatible library.