Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two hours ahead of utc”. Today it says “palestine standard time”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Time in the Middle East: Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed The time zones in Palestine are Palestine Standard Time (PSST) ( Arabic : توقيت فلسطين القياسي ) ( UTC+02:00 ) and Palestine Summer Time (PSDT) ( Arabic : توقيت فلسطين الصيفي ) ( UTC+03:00 ). Palestine first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1940. Palestine observed DST for 63 years between 1940 and 2025. The previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1983. The Palestinian Government announces the dates for the start and end of summer time. In 2020, they announced the end of summer time on 19 October, only 5 days before the change. Ministry of Telecom & Information Technology .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Time in Palestine is represented by Palestine Standard Time . It is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00 ).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Time in the Palestinian territories is represented by Palestine Standard Time . It is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00 ). During summer, it observes DST, one hour ahead of the standard time ( UTC+03:00 ). v t e v t e
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Time observed in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Time in the Middle East: Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed Time in the Palestinian territories is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00 ). During summer, it observes DST , one hour ahead of the standard time ( UTC+03:00 ). The Palestine Government announces the dates for the start and end of summer time.In 2020, they announced the end of summer time on 19 October, only 5 days before the change.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two hours ahead of utc”. Today it says “palestine standard time”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
two hours ahead of utc
Now
palestine standard time
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