Asia/Karachi

Time zone identifier: Asia/Karachi

Current civil offset: +05:00 (PKT)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1906-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +04:28:12 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 11 transitions across 5 distinct offsets

Associated countries: PK

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: Asia/Karachi shifted between 5 distinct offsets from 1906-12-31 through the modern era.

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1906-12-31T19:31:48Z`	`1907-01-01 01:01:48`	+04:28:12 → +05:30	`+0530`	No	gap
`1942-08-31T18:30:00Z`	`1942-09-01 01:00:00`	+05:30 → +06:30	`+0630`	Yes	gap
`1945-10-14T17:30:00Z`	`1945-10-14 23:00:00`	+06:30 → +05:30	`+0530`	No	overlap
`1951-09-29T18:30:00Z`	`1951-09-29 23:30:00`	+05:30 → +05:00	`+05`	No	overlap
`1971-03-25T19:00:00Z`	`1971-03-26 00:00:00`	+05:00 → +05:00	`PKT`	No	offset-only
`2002-04-06T19:00:00Z`	`2002-04-07 01:00:00`	+05:00 → +06:00	`PKST`	Yes	gap
`2002-10-05T18:00:00Z`	`2002-10-05 23:00:00`	+06:00 → +05:00	`PKT`	No	overlap
`2008-05-31T19:00:00Z`	`2008-06-01 01:00:00`	+05:00 → +06:00	`PKST`	Yes	gap
`2008-10-31T18:00:00Z`	`2008-10-31 23:00:00`	+06:00 → +05:00	`PKT`	No	overlap
`2009-04-14T19:00:00Z`	`2009-04-15 01:00:00`	+05:00 → +06:00	`PKST`	Yes	gap
`2009-10-31T18:00:00Z`	`2009-10-31 23:00:00`	+06:00 → +05:00	`PKT`	No	overlap

Source: asia (Lines 3152 to 3153)

Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.