Time in Pakistan

(Redirected from Asia/Karachi)

Pakistan uses one time zone, which is Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). This is UTC+05:00 — that is, five hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

Time zones of South Asia (numbers are hours ahead of UTC)

History

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Period in use Time offset from GMT[1] Notes
Prior until 1907 UTC+04:28:12 Karachi Time (KART)
1907–1951 UTC+05:30 Indian Standard Time (IST)
1951–1971 UTC+05:00 in West Pakistan
UTC+06:00 in East Pakistan (today Bangladesh)
Karachi Time (KART)
Dacca Time (DACT)
1971–present UTC+05:00 in Pakistan Pakistan Standard Time (PKT)

Notation

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3:19 pm, 3 November 2024 PKT [refresh]

Daylight saving time

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Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during various summer periods. Daylight saving time in Pakistan has not been observed since 2009.

IANA time zone database

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The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Pakistan in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Karachi.

References

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  1. ^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan". www.timeanddate.com.