Time in Pakistan

Time in Pakistan is given by Pakistan Standard Time (PKT).

History

Period in use Time offset from GMT[1] Notes
1842–1906 UTC+04:28:12 Local Mean Time (LMT)
1907–1951 UTC+05:30:00
1951–1971 UTC+05:00:00 in West Pakistan
UTC+06:00:00 in East Pakistan		 Karachi Time (KART)
Dacca Time (DACT)
1971–present UTC+05:00:00 in Pakistan Pakistan Standard Time (PKT)

Notation

1:19 am, 24 October 2018 PKT [refresh]

Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time in Pakistan is no longer observed.

IANA time zone database

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

References

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