Asia/Kuwait

Time zone identifier: Asia/Kuwait

Current civil offset: +03:00 (+03)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1949-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +03:11:56 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 1 transitions across 2 distinct offsets

Associated countries: KW

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Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

+2:00 +3:00 +4:00 +5:00 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Text summary: Asia/Kuwait shifted between 2 distinct offsets from 1949-12-31 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (1 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1949-12-31T20:48:04Z 1949-12-31 23:48:04 +03:11:56 → +03:00 +03 No overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: backzone (Lines 1076 to 1077)
Kuwait

Years on Record

Methodology Note: The 1970 Rule

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