Last Updated on March 25, 2022

Israel daylight saving time. Summer & winter time. Updates for 2022.

In Israel Daylight (saving) Time (IDT) or Summer Time commences on the Friday before the last Sunday of March when clocks are advanced by one hour.  Daylight saving time comes to an end on the last Sunday of October, when clocks are set back by one hour.  This is known as Winter Time.

Until 2013, the exact dates of the Israel daylight saving time period was established annually according to the Jewish calendar and High Festival dates.

How do you say ‘summer time’ and ‘winter time’ in Hebrew and what about summer-time and winter-time?

In previous years haggling between the various political parties went on and finally, in 2012 a bill was passed to the effect that from 2013 daylight saving hours would be extended and standardized.  Israel Daylight Saving is now set to begin on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ends on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time in Israel begins and ends:

There are now between 212 – 219 daylight saving days per year in Israel. 

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Some interesting facts about daylight saving time?

• Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada was the first location to use DST in 1908. 
• Germany was the first country to introduce daylight saving time; clocks were advanced by 1 hour on April 30, 1916. The rationale was to minimize the use of artificial lighting in order to save fuel for the war effort during World War I.  The idea was quickly followed by many of the European countries. However, they reverted back to standard time after World War I.  It wasn’t until World War II that daylight saving time made its return in most of Europe and in Israel. 
• China does not have daylight saving time.  The last time China had daylight saving time, was in March 1991.