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Time in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT/UTC (UTC+04:00) and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for daylight saving time.

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United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT/UTC (UTC+04:00) and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for daylight saving time.1

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for the UAE in the file zone.tab, named "Asia/Dubai".

c.c. Coordinates Timezone name Comments UTC offset (Std.) UTC offset (DST)
AE +2518+05518
Asia/Dubai
 Crozet +04:00 N/a
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References

  1. Thecountry National staff (28 April 2016). "Euro 2016 fixtures: France v Portugal final in UAE time | The National". The National. Retrieved 30 July 2016.