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Palestine Ends DST One Week Early

Clocks in the Palestinian Territories will be set back 1 hour at 01:00 (1 am) on Saturday, October 24, 2020, as Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends one week earlier than expected.

Sunrise over Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories.

Palestine ends DST one week earlier than expected. Sunrise over Bethlehem.

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Clocks will be set back 1 hour from 01:00 (1 am) to 00:00 (midnight), local time, on Saturday, October 24, 2020.

Israel Ends DST One Day Later

This year, Israel ends DST one day after the Palestinian Territories. Clocks are set back 1 hour from 02:00 (2 am) to 01:00 (1 am) local time on Sunday, October 25, 2020.

Time in the Palestinian Territories

Palestine's standard time is Eastern European Time (EET). EET has a UTC offset of plus 2 hours (UTC+2).

During DST, Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is used in the Palestinian Territories. EEST has a UTC offset of plus 3 hours (UTC+3).

Israel follows the same local time, but under different names: Israel Standard Time (IST) and Israel Daylight Time (IDT).