Asia/Qatar

Time zone identifier: Asia/Qatar

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

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1919-12-31

Local Mean Time (LMT): +03:26:08 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 2 transitions across 3 distinct offsets

Associated countries: BH, QA

Aliases (Link targets): Asia/Bahrain

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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/Qatar shifted between 3 distinct offsets from 1919-12-31 through the modern era.

Complete Transition History (2 Transitions)

UTC Instant Local Wall Time Shift Abbreviation DST Effect
1919-12-31T20:33:52Z 1920-01-01 00:33:52 +03:26:08 → +04:00 +04 No gap
1972-05-31T20:00:00Z 1972-05-31 23:00:00 +04:00 → +03:00 +03 No overlap

Notes from the Maintainers

Source: asia (Lines 3792 to 3795)
Bahrain
Qatar
Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

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.