IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Dubai

The IANA tz database identifier for Gulf Standard Time in United Arab Emirates. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+04:00Abbreviation +04No DST — never observed
Time in Asia/Dubai☾ Night
02:58:31
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+04:00
Abbreviation
+04
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+04:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+04

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

ISO 3166: AE · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Dubai 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 +04 or +04:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Asia/Dubai',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
106 years.

Asia/Dubai has kept UTC+04:00 year-round since 1 January 1920 — 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

+03:41:12UTC+04:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1920 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1920

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 4h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAsia/Dubai
ISO country codeAE🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Reference coordinates25.30°N, 55.30°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+04:00abbreviation +04
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of United Arab Emirates, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Dubai or Gulf Standard Time.

🇦🇪
United Arab Emirates

9.9M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Dubai.

Country page →
🇦🇪 Dubai
02:58
02:58:31 · +04
pop. 3.9MGST
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi
02:58
02:58:31 · +04
pop. 1.6MGST
🇦🇪 Sharjah
02:58
02:58:31 · +04
pop. 1.2MGST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Gulf Standard Time

other identifiers keeping GST

Same offset · UTC+04:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

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/Dubai?
Asia/Dubai is UTC+04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Dubai observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Dubai has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+04:00 continuously since 1 January 1920.
Which country uses Asia/Dubai?
United Arab Emirates. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Dubai the same as GST?
Asia/Dubai is one of the IANA zones that keeps Gulf Standard Time (GST). Use Asia/Dubai in software — GST 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.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Asia/Dubai
{
"iana": "Asia/Dubai",
"utc_offset": "+04:00",
"abbreviation": "+04",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "AE"
}