{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Time zones of the Middle East}} '''Time in Syria''' is given by Arabia Standard Time (AST) (UTC+03:00).
On October 4, 2022, Syria abolished daylight saving time (DST).<ref>{{cite web |title=Time Zone Change in Syria as of October 4th 2022 |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus}}</ref> Prior to that date, Syria used EET (UTC+02:00) and observed DST, as EEST (UTC+03:00). Transition dates had in general been last Friday of March (sometimes first Friday of April) to last Friday of October, or before 2006 1 April to 1 October with variations.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus?year=2017 Clock Changes in Damascus, Syria (Dimashq) in 2017]</ref> This was similar, but not same as the European Union, where transition dates are on Sundays.
==IANA time zone database== The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Syria in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Damascus.
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