IANA tz database · zone identifier

Asia/Qatar

The IANA tz database identifier for Arabian Standard Time in Qatar. 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/Qatar☾ Night
01:56:38
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

🇶🇦 Qatar

ISO 3166: QA · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Asia/Qatar 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/Qatar',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
54 years.

Asia/Qatar has kept UTC+03:00 year-round since 31 May 1972 — 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

+03:26:08UTC+03:00 · UNCHANGED 31 May 1972 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 May 1972

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/Qatar
ISO country codeQA🇶🇦 Qatar
Reference coordinates25.28°N, 51.53°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation +03
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Qatar, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Doha or Arabian Standard Time.

🇶🇦
Qatar

2.6M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Asia/Qatar.

Country page →
🇶🇦 Doha
01:56
01:56:38 · +03
pop. 1.2MAST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · Arabian Standard Time

other identifiers keeping AST

Same offset · UTC+03:00

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/Qatar?
Asia/Qatar is UTC+03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Asia/Qatar observe daylight saving time?
No. Asia/Qatar has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+03:00 continuously since 31 May 1972.
Which country uses Asia/Qatar?
Qatar. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Asia/Qatar the same as AST?
Asia/Qatar is one of the IANA zones that keeps Arabian Standard Time (AST). Use Asia/Qatar in software — AST 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/Qatar
{
"iana": "Asia/Qatar",
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "+03",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "QA"
}