Pair comparison

Israel vs United States

Israel is 7.0 hours ahead of United States. Their business-hour overlap is 2 hours per day.

Country comparisons use one representative IANA zone per country, current public-holiday rows, and a same-day business-hour model. Multi-zone countries still need city-level checks before travel or payroll decisions.

Live values rendered at Nov 5, 4:42 PM UTC.

Israel

Reference city: Tel Aviv

18:42GMT+2

Thu · Nov 5 · UTC+02:00

DST shifts / 12mo: 2
Public holidays 2026: 0

United States

Reference city: New York

11:42EST

Thu · Nov 5 · UTC-05:00

DST shifts / 12mo: 1
Public holidays 2026: 16

Operational read on this pair

Coordination class

narrow overlap pair

Israel and United States have a usable but finite overlap window. Cluster live decisions inside that window and push reviews, approvals, and status updates async.

DST drift risk

3 sampled shifts / 12mo

Both sampled reference zones shift clocks. The offset gap can still move temporarily when the countries change on different weekends.

Holiday availability

0 vs 16 listed holidays

United States has a noticeably heavier listed public-holiday load in the selected year, so assume more asymmetric availability than the time-zone chart alone suggests.

Pair workflow examples

What fixed local work times become across the pair

narrow overlap pair

The current offset is enough for today, but the examples below make the page useful for real recurring work: standups, reviews, and end-of-day handoffs anchored to either country. Recheck these around DST transition weeks when either sampled zone shifts.

Anchored in Israel

morning standup: 9:00 AM in Israel is 2:00 AM in United States (same day).
midday review: 1:00 PM in Israel is 6:00 AM in United States (same day).
end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in Israel is 10:00 AM in United States (same day).

Anchored in United States

morning standup: 9:00 AM in United States is 4:00 PM in Israel (same day).
midday review: 1:00 PM in United States is 8:00 PM in Israel (same day).
end-of-day handoff: 5:00 PM in United States is 12:00 AM in Israel (next day).

Best live-use strategy

2 shared business hours is usable but scarce. Put decision meetings there and move status updates, document reviews, and approvals async.

Israel next holiday checks

No upcoming retained holiday rows in the selected year.

United States next holiday checks

Veterans Day (2026-11-11); Thanksgiving Day (2026-11-26); Christmas Day (2026-12-25)

Business-hour overlap

Overlap window: 14:00 → 16:00 UTC · 2h per day.

24-hour overlap heatmap (UTC across the bottom)