Time in Pakistan
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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.
History[]
Period in use | Time offset from GMT[1] | Notes |
Prior until 1907 | UTC+04:28:12 | Karachi Time (KART) |
1907–1951 | UTC+05:30 | |
1951–1971 | UTC+05:00 in West Pakistan UTC+06:00 in East Pakistan |
Karachi Time (KART) Dacca Time (DACT) |
1971–present | UTC+05:00 in Pakistan | Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) |
Notation[]
1:30 pm, 8 January 2022 PKT []
Daylight saving time[]
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[]
The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Pakistan in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Karachi.
References[]
- ^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan". www.timeanddate.com.
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