Tbilisi, Georgia Β· UTC+4
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Tbilisi is in the Georgia Standard Time zone (GET/UTC+4). Georgia does not observe daylight saving time, keeping UTC+4 year-round.
Tbilisi sits in a valley where the Mtkvari River cuts through the South Caucasus mountains. The city is genuinely old, founded according to legend in the 5th century by King Vakhtang I of Iberia, who supposedly followed a wounded pheasant to a hot spring. The sulfuric baths still operate in the old town. The city hasnβt entirely forgotten its origins.
Georgia runs on UTC+4, permanently, with no daylight saving. This was not always the case. Georgia experimented with DST multiple times after independence from the Soviet Union, finally abandoning it in 2005 and settling into a stable, year-round UTC+4. The decision brought consistency after years of clock adjustments that confused residents and created administrative headaches.
long dinners and elastic evening hours
The time creates a peculiar daily rhythm. At 41 degrees north, sunrise in June comes before 6am, giving the city genuinely long summer mornings. The famous Georgian hospitality, centered on long dinners (supras) that begin late and end later, runs on an elastic relationship with evening hours. The formal clock time matters less than the gathering itself.
9am in Tbilisi is 5am in London. Yerevan in Armenia shares the UTC+4 clock.
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Questions about time in Tbilisi
- What timezone is Tbilisi in?
- Tbilisi uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Tbilisi. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Tbilisi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Tbilisi does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Tbilisi?
- Tbilisi is currently at UTC+4.
- What is the time difference between Tbilisi and New York?
- Tbilisi is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Tbilisi and London?
- Tbilisi is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Tbilisi and Los Angeles?
- Tbilisi is currently 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Tbilisi and Tokyo?
- Tbilisi is currently 5 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Tbilisi?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Tbilisi is
Asia/Tbilisi. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Tbilisi' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Tbilisi')`), or any IANA-compatible library.