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Israel Time in Israel

Date: Friday, October 31, 2025

Time:

On Sunday, Oct. 26th at 2:00 a.m. the clocks will be set back to 1:00 a.m.
 

Winter time

Cell phone companies adjust the time automatically.

The standard time in Israel is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (GMT +2).

Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is 3 hours ahead of GMT (GMT +3).
In Hebrew DST is called שָׁעוֹן קיץ (Summer clock)

According to the "Summer clock law":
DST starts on Friday before the last Sunday of March at 2:00 A.M.
DST ends on the last Sunday of October at 2:00 A.M.

Daylight Saving Time Schedule
YearStartEnd
2025March 28, 2025October 26, 2025
2026March 27, 2026October 25, 2026

Israel DST schedule for the years 1948-2016 (Source: Ministry of Interior).