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LOCAL TIME:

The UAE is four hours ahead of UCT (Universal Coordinated Time—Formerly known as GMT).

There is no altering of clocks for daylight saving in the summer. So this means the UAE stays the same when Europe has its daylight savings from the last Sunday in March through to the last Sunday in October. During this period the time difference is one hour less, so when it is 12:00 in the UAE it is 09:00 in the UK instead of 08:00 during the winter. In North America daylight saving runs from the first Sunday in April through to the last Sunday in October.

Source for information on this page—Explorer, The Complete Resident’s Guide, Dubai

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

The Islamic calendar starts from the year 622AD, the year of Prophet Mohammed’s (Peace Be Upon Him / PBUH) migration (Hijra) from Mecca to Al Madinah. Hence the Islamic year is called the Hijri year and dates are followed by AH (AH stands for Anno Hegirae, meaning after the year of the Hijra).

 

As some holidays are based on the sighting of the moon and do not have fixed dates on the Hijri Calendar. Islamic holidays are more often than not confirmed less than 24 hours in advance. Most companies send an email round the day before, notifying you of the confirmed holiday date. Some non-religious holidays are fixed according to the Gregorian calendar.

 

It should be noted that the public sector often gets additional days off for holidays where the private sector may not (for example on National Day the public sector gets two days of official holiday, whereas private sector companies take only one day). This can be a problem for working parents, as schools fall under the public sector and therefore get the extended holidays, so your children will usually have more days off than you do—You may have to take a day’s leave.

 

The main Muslim festivals are EID Al FITR (The festival of the breaking of the fast, which marks the end of Ramadan) and EID AL ADHA (the festival of the sacrifice, which marks the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca).

 

MAWLID Al NABEE is the holiday celebrating the Prophet’s birthday, and LAILAT AL MI’RAJ celebrates the Prophet’s ascension into Heaven.

 

List of Public Holidays:

· Eid Al Adha

· New Year’s Day

· Islamic New Year’s Day

· Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday

· Lailat Al Mi’raj

· Eid Al Fitr

· UAE National Day

LUNAR Calendar

The Hijri calendar is based on lunar months; there are 354 or 355 days in the Hijri year, which is divided into 12 lunar months, and is thus 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year.

There are plenty of websites with Gregorian / Hijri calendar conversion tools, so you can find the equivalent Hijri date for any Gregorian date, and vice versa.

One good site to try is www.rabiah.com/convert

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