IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Damascus

The IANA tz database identifier for Damascus Time in Syria. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+03:00Abbreviation +03No DST — never observed

Time in Asia/Damascus☾ Night

01:58:19

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Offset

UTC+03:00

Abbreviation

+03

DST

No DST

Current offset

UTC+03:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+03

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇸🇾 Syria

ISO 3166: SY · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Damascus is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing +03 or +03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone

new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {

timeZone: 'Asia/Damascus',

dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'

}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
3 years.

Asia/Damascus has kept UTC+03:00 year-round since 28 October 2022 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

Keeping this offset since

28 October 2022

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 3h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Damascus

ISO country codeSY🇸🇾 Syria

Reference coordinates33.50°N, 36.30°Etz database reference point

Standard offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation +03

Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Syria, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Damascus or Damascus Time.

🇸🇾

Syria

24M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Damascus.

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+03:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Africa/Addis_AbabaEthiopia · East Africa Time Africa/AsmaraEritrea · East Africa Time Africa/CairoEgypt · Eastern European Summer Time Africa/Dar_es_SalaamTanzania · East Africa Time Africa/DjiboutiDjibouti · East Africa Time Africa/KampalaUganda · East Africa Time

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Asia/Damascus?: Asia/Damascus is UTC+03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Damascus observe daylight saving time?: No. Asia/Damascus has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+03:00 continuously since 28 October 2022.
Which country uses Asia/Damascus?: Syria. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Damascus the same as DAMASC?: Asia/Damascus is one of the IANA zones that keeps Damascus Time (DAMASC). Use Asia/Damascus in software — DAMASC is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

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// this identifier, resolved live

GET /v1/timezones?iana=Asia/Damascus

{

"iana": "Asia/Damascus",

"utc_offset": "+03:00",

"abbreviation": "+03",

"observes_dst": false,

"country": "SY"

}