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Time in Russia
  KALT Kaliningrad Time UTC 2 (MSK−1)
  MSK Moscow Time UTC 3 (MSK±0)
  SAMT Samara Time UTC 4 (MSK 1)
  YEKT Yekaterinburg Time UTC 5 (MSK 2)
  OMST Omsk Time UTC 6 (MSK 3)
  KRAT Krasnoyarsk Time UTC 7 (MSK 4)
  IRKT Irkutsk Time UTC 8 (MSK 5)
  YAKT Yakutsk Time UTC 9 (MSK 6)
  VLAT Vladivostok Time UTC 10 (MSK 7)
  MAGT Magadan Time UTC 11 (MSK 8)
  PETT Kamchatka Time UTC 12 (MSK 9)

There are 11 time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC 02:00 to UTC 12:00. Daylight saving time (DST) has not been used in Russia since 26 October 2014. From 27 March 2011 to 26 October 2014, permanent DST was used.

List of zones

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Since 27 December 2020, the time zones are as follows:[1][2][3]

Time zone name Time of day and abbreviation UTC offset MSK offset Area covered Population (2020)[4]
Kaliningrad Time 22:38, 28 July 2024 KALT [refresh] UTC 02:00 MSK–1h Kaliningrad Oblast 1,012,512
Moscow Time 23:38, 28 July 2024 MSK [refresh] UTC 03:00 MSK 0h Most of European Russia (excluding federal subjects in UTC 02:00, UTC 04:00 and UTC 05:00 time zones) 90,155,502
Samara Time 00:38, 29 July 2024 SAMT [refresh] UTC 04:00 MSK 1h Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia and Ulyanovsk Oblast 9,337,988
Yekaterinburg Time 01:38, 29 July 2024 YEKT [refresh] UTC 05:00 MSK 2h Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast and Yamalia 20,954,998
Omsk Time 02:38, 29 July 2024 OMST [refresh] UTC 06:00 MSK 3h Omsk Oblast 1,926,665
Krasnoyarsk Time 03:38, 29 July 2024 KRAT [refresh] UTC 07:00 MSK 4h Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast and Tuva 12,800,529
Irkutsk Time 04:38, 29 July 2024 IRKT [refresh] UTC 08:00 MSK 5h Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia 3,377,130
Yakutsk Time 05:38, 29 July 2024 YAKT [refresh] UTC 09:00 MSK 6h Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC 10:00 and UTC 11:00 time zones) 2,769,581
Vladivostok Time 06:38, 29 July 2024 VLAT [refresh] UTC 10:00 MSK 7h Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic 3,395,760
Magadan Time 07:38, 29 July 2024 MAGT [refresh] UTC 11:00 MSK 8h Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic 654,621
Kamchatka Time 08:38, 29 July 2024 PETT [refresh] UTC 12:00 MSK 9h Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai 363,304

Daylight saving time

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See also: Summer time in Europe and Summer time in Europe § Russia

Prior to 2011, Russia moved its clocks backward and forward on the same annual cycle as Europe. On 27 March 2011, clocks were advanced as usual, but they did not go back on 30 October 2011, effectively making Moscow Time UTC 04:00 permanently.[5] On 26 October 2014, following another change in the law, the clocks in most of the country were moved back one hour, but summer daylight saving time was not reintroduced; Moscow Time returned to UTC 03:00 permanently.[6]

History

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Russian Empire

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In the Russian Empire, most of the nation observed solar time. Until Saturday, 7 October [19 October, N.S.] 1867 at 3:30 p.m. GMT 14:59 in the capital of New Archangel (Sitka) (00:31 GMT), Alaska belonged to Russia (Russian America) which used the Julian calendar, which was 11 or 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar (as used by the rest of Russia) and had local times up to GMT 15:10. The westernmost area of Russia was Congress Poland, with local times down to GMT 01:10.

During the late 19th century, Moscow Mean Time was introduced on 1 January [13 January, N.S.] 1880, originally at GMT 02:30:17.[7] 2:30:17 corresponds to 37.6166667°, the longitude of Moscow. Other parts of Russia kept solar time for several years.

Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1918, when Wednesday 31 January (O.S.) was followed by Thursday 14 February (N.S.), which dropped 13 days from the calendar.

Soviet Union

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After the Soviet Union was created, Moscow Time became UTC 02:00 and the various other time zones (up to UTC 12:00) were introduced throughout Russia and the rest of the Soviet Union, for example Irkutsk Time UTC 07:00 (Irkutsk has since this always been MSK 5).[7] Between 1917 and 1922 the time was less ordered, with daylight saving time some of those years, some with two hours addition, and some of those years with one or two hours extra winter time.[7]

On 21 June 1930, the Soviet Union advanced all clocks by one hour, effectively making the nation run on daylight saving time all year (the so-called decree time).

On 1 April 1981, 00:00:00, Oymyakonsky District changed its time zone from MSK 6 to MSK 8.[8] The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 09:00 to UTC 12:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 09:00 to UTC 11:00. [citation needed]

On 1 April 1982, 00:00:00, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug changed its time zone from MSK 10 to MSK 9, thus eliminating Anadyr Time (MSK 10 or UTC 13:00 without DST).[9] The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 14:00 to UTC 13:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 13:00 to UTC 12:00.

On 27 March 1988, 02:00:00, Saratov and Volgograd oblasts changed its time zone from MSK 1 to MSK.[10][11] The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 05:00 to UTC 04:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 04:00 to UTC 03:00.

On 26 March 1989, Kaliningrad Oblast switched from Moscow Time to Eastern European Time, and the following areas switched to Moscow Time (thus eliminating Samara Time; MSK 1 or UTC 04:00 without DST):

Russian Federation

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11 time zones in Russia from 2002 to 2010

Russia and most republics in the Soviet Union abolished the decree time (not moving the clocks) on 31 March 1991, but Russia reversed this the following year (except Samara Oblast which was already in UTC 04:00).[citation needed]

On 20 October 1991, Samara Oblast changed its time zone from MSK to MSK 1 (thus reinstating Samara Time; MSK 1), so from UTC 03:00 to UTC 04:00.[12]

On 23 May 1993, Novosibirsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3.[13] The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 08:00 to UTC 07:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 07:00 to UTC 06:00.

On 28 May 1995, Altai Krai and Altai Republic changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3.[14]

On 30 March 1997, Sakhalin Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 8 to MSK 7.[15]

In May 2002, Tomsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3.[16]

April 2010: 9 zones

The following time zone changes occurred on 28 March 2010, which, in particular, led to abolition of two of the eleven time zones.

Although the Russian government wanted to reduce the number of time zones even further, there were protests in far-eastern Russia on the changes, including a 20,000-strong petition in support of Kamchatka returning to UTC 12:00.[21]

September 2011: 9 zones, "permanent DST".

Decree No. 725 of 31 August 2011 changed the UTC offset for Moscow Time and the other time zones.[22] Moscow Time Zone began using UTC 04:00 all year around. The notions of decree time and daylight saving time were abolished, but in fact, this decree mandated permanent daylight saving time (or even double daylight saving time in regions that had not abolished the decree time).

The decree also changed the offset of some parts of the Sakha Republic from Moscow. Oymyakonsky District switched from Magadan Time (MSK 8) to Vladivostok Time (MSK 7), and the following areas switched from Vladivostok Time (MSK 7) to Yakutsk Time (MSK 6):

  • 28 March 2010 (with DST)
    28 March 2010 (with DST)
  • 13 September 2011 ("permanent DST")
    13 September 2011 ("permanent DST")
  Yakutsk Time
  Vladivostok Time
  Magadan Time
 (MSK 6)
(MSK 7)
(MSK 8)
October 2014: 11 zones

As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, local authorities in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol decreed that clocks in the newly proclaimed Russian federal subjects should jump ahead two hours at 10 p.m. on 29 March 2014 to switch from Eastern European Time (UTC 02:00) to Moscow Time (UTC 04:00).[23]

In July 2014, further changes were passed, which took effect on 26 October 2014. Almost all of Russia moved back one hour, so Moscow Time became UTC 03:00 again. Some areas changed offset from Moscow:[24]

The parts of the Magadan Time zone that remained on MSK 8 were given a new time zone name, Srednekolymsk Time, UTC 11:00. Annual DST changes were not observed.[25]

Time zones in Russia, difference with apparent solar time:
  –2 h ± 30 min
  –1 h ± 30 min
  ± 30 min
   1 h ± 30 min
   2 h ± 30 min

The following time zone changes occurred on 27 March 2016:[26]

  • Astrakhan and Ulyanovsk oblasts moved forward one hour from UTC 03:00 to UTC 04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time)
  • Altai Krai and Altai Republic moved forward one hour from UTC 06:00 to UTC 07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time)
  • Zabaykalsky Krai moved forward one hour from UTC 08:00 to UTC 09:00 (from Irkutsk to Yakutsk time)
  • Sakhalin Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 10:00 to UTC 11:00 (from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time), except Severo-Kurilsky District, which was already in UTC 11:00 (Srednekolymsk Time)

On 24 April 2016, Magadan Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 10:00 to UTC 11:00 (from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time).[27] After this change, the UTC 11:00 time zone was again called Magadan Time.[28]

On 29 May 2016, Tomsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 06:00 to UTC 07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time).[29]

On 24 July 2016, Novosibirsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 06:00 to UTC 07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time).[30]

On 4 December 2016, Saratov Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 03:00 to UTC 04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time).[31][32]

On 28 October 2018, Volgograd Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 03:00 to UTC 04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time),[33] but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020.[34][35]

After the Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in September 2022, the parts of these oblasts under Russian administration remained on Moscow Time (UTC 03:00) and did not revert to UTC 02:00 with the rest of Ukraine at the end of its daylight saving time period in October 2022.[36] In April 2023, the Russian time zone law was changed to formally include these oblasts in Moscow Time.[37]

Railway time

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Until 2018, all timetables on Russian Railways (except Sakhalin railways) followed Moscow Time. From 2018 time tables follow local time.[38] [39] Airports and flights follow local time.[40]

Tz Database

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http://efele.net/maps/tz/russia – data from 2009

For Russia, the tz database contains several zones in the file zone.tab.

List of zones

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The list below shows the 16 zones for Russia as defined in the file zone.tab of the database. The database aims to identify regions that had the same time offset rules since 1970.

Two federal subjects are contained in more than one tz zone. The Sakha Republic is divided into three: west, central, east. Sakhalin Oblast is divided into two: Sakhalin Island with Kurilsky and Yuzhno-Kurilsky districts in the Kuril Islands, and Severo-Kurilsky District in the Kuril Islands.

On the last Sunday in October 2011, daylight-saving time ended in tzdata, but all zones moved forward one hour. In other words, the clocks did not change, but the names of the time zones reverted permanently to their standard time variants and there will be no more daylight-saving time. [citation needed]

If available, the change column lists the offset changes that caused a creation of a new zone in the tz database.

"Initial zone" means that in 1970 there was already a difference in time offset from the offsets in any other zone.

C.c. Coordinates tzid Comments UTC offset (without DST, permanent since 2011) Covered area Split from[citation needed] Changes
RU 5443 02030 Europe/Kaliningrad MSK-01 - Kaliningrad 02:00 Kaliningrad Oblast Initial zone 1989-03-26 Change from UTC 03:00 to UTC 02:00
RU 554521 0373704 Europe/Moscow MSK 00 - Moscow area 03:00 Most of European Russia. Complete list given here. Initial zone
RU 4844 04425 Europe/Volgograd MSK 00 - Volgograd 03:00 Kirov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, and Astrakhan Oblast Europe/Samara 1992-03-29 Zone creation, causing change from UTC 04:00 to UTC 03:00
RU 5312 05009 Europe/Samara MSK 01 - Samara, Udmurtia 04:00 Samara Oblast and Udmurtia Initial zone 2010-03-28 Change from UTC 04:00 to UTC 03:00
RU 5420 04824 Europe/Ulyanovsk MSK 01 - Ulyanovsk 04:00 Ulyanovsk Oblast Europe/Moscow 2016-03-27 Zone creation, causing change from UTC 03:00 to UTC 04:00
RU 5651 06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg MSK 02 - Urals 05:00 Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia Initial zone
RU 5500 07324 Asia/Omsk MSK 03 - Omsk 06:00 Altai Krai, Altai Republic, and Omsk Oblast
RU 5502 08255 Asia/Novosibirsk MSK 04 - Novosibirsk 07:00 Novosibirsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast.
RU 5345 08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk MSK 04 - Kemerovo 07:00 Kemerovo Oblast Asia/Novosibirsk 2010-03-28 Zone creation, causing change from Krasnoyarsk Time to Novosibirsk Time[42]
RU 5601 09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk MSK 04 - Krasnoyarsk area 07:00 Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Tuva Republic
RU 5216 10420 Asia/Irkutsk MSK 05 - Irkutsk, Buryatia 08:00 Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia
RU 6200 12940 Asia/Yakutsk MSK 06 - Lena River 09:00 Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, and western Sakha Republic
RU 4310 13156 Asia/Vladivostok MSK 07 - Amur River 10:00 Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic Initial zone
RU 4658 14242 Asia/Sakhalin MSK 08 - Sakhalin Island 11:00 Sakhalin Island, and western Kuril Islands Asia/Magadan 1997-03-30 Zone creation, causing change from UTC 11 to UTC 10
RU 643337 1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera MSK 07 - Oymyakonsky 10:00 Oymyakonsky District Asia/Yakutsk 1981-04-01 Changed to Magadan time
RU 5934 15048 Asia/Magadan MSK 08 - Magadan 11:00 Magadan Oblast Initial zone 2014-10-26 Split: Magadan Oblast changed to Vladivostok time, other areas using new Srednekolymsk time
RU 6728 15343 Asia/Srednekolymsk MSK 08 - Sakha (E), N Kuril Is 11:00 eastern Kuril Islands, and eastern Sakha Republic Asia/Magadan 2014-10-26
RU 5301 15839 Asia/Kamchatka MSK 09 - Kamchatka 12:00 Kamchatka Krai Initial zone 2010-03-28 Change from UTC 12:00 to UTC 11:00
RU 6445 17729 Asia/Anadyr MSK 09 - Bering Sea 12:00 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Initial zone

Deleted zones

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Asia/Ulan Ude was a time zone identifier from the zone file of the tz database. The reference point was Ulan-Ude. It was added in tz version 2011e.[43] Edition 2011i did not contain it anymore. The area remained at Asia/Irkutsk. The contained data in zone.tab was: 

RU
 5150 10736
Asia/Ulan_Ude
Moscow 05 – Buryatia

The covered area was Republic of Buryatia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Federal law of 3 June 2011 no. 107-FZ (as amended on 14 April 2023) "On the calculation of time", Article 5. Time zones, Consultant Plus (in Russian).
  2. ^ Russia time zones map with current local time, World Time Zone, 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia, Timeanddate.com.
  4. ^ Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities, Federal State Statistics Service of Russia. (in Russian)
  5. ^ "Медведев отменил зимнее время". Lenta.ru. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  6. ^ Russian clocks go back for last time, BBC News, 25 October 2014
  7. ^ a b c "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Moscow, Russia". timeanddate.com.
  8. ^ Clock Changes in Ust-Nera, Russia in 1981. Timeanddate.com.
  9. ^ Clock Changes in Anadyr, Russia in 1982. Timeanddate.com.
  10. ^ Clock Changes in Saratov, Russia in 1988. Timeanddate.com.
  11. ^ Clock Changes in Volgograd, Russia in 1988. Timeanddate.com.
  12. ^ Clock Changes in Samara, Russia in 1991. Timeanddate.com.
  13. ^ Time changes in year 1993 for Russia – Novosibirsk. Timeanddate.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
  14. ^ Clock Changes in Barnaul, Russia in 1995. Timeanddate.com.
  15. ^ Clock Changes in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia in 1997. Timeanddate.com.
  16. ^ Clock Changes in Tomsk, Russia in 2002. Timeanddate.com.
  17. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №166 от 17 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #166 of 17 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of the Udmurt Republic. ).
  18. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №170 от 19 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #170 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of Samara Oblast. ).
  19. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №740 от 14 сентября 2009 г. «О применении на территории Кемеровской области времени пятого часового пояса». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #740 of 14 September 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
  20. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №171 от 19 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Камчатского края и Чукотского автономного округа времени десятого часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #171 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Tenth Time Zone on the Territory of Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. ).
  21. ^ "Thousands Protest Time Zone Changes in Russia". 13 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  22. ^ Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации № 725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации».
  23. ^ "Crimea switches to Moscow time amid incorporation frenzy". Reuters. 29 March 2014.
  24. ^ "New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014", World Time Zone, 22 July 2014.
  25. ^ "Russia Moving to Permanent Winter Time From October 26", RIA Novosti 22 July 2014, retrieved 26 July 2014
  26. ^ Russia Changes Several Time Zones, Timeanddate.com, 17 March 2016.
  27. ^ Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan, Timeanddate.com, 7 April 2016.
  28. ^ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Magadan, Russia".
  29. ^ Proposed Time Change in Tomsk, Russia, Timeanddate.com, 27 April 2016.
  30. ^ Proposed Time Change in Novosibirsk, Russia, Timeanddate.com, 4 July 2016.
  31. ^ Proposed Time Change in Saratov, Russia, Timeanddate.com, 14 November 2016.
  32. ^ Vladimir Putin signed law on time change in Saratov Oblast, Vzglyad-info, 22 November 2016. (in Russian)
  33. ^ New Time Zone in Russia's Volgograd Region, Timeanddate.com, 3 October 2018.
  34. ^ New Time Zone in Russia's Volgograd Region, Timeanddate.com, 17 December 2020.
  35. ^ Federal law of 22 December 2020 no. 432-FZ "On amendments to article 5 of federal law 'On the calculation of time'", Official internet portal of legal information of Russia. (in Russian)
  36. ^ New Russian regions to switch to Moscow time – Industry and Trade Ministry, TASS Russian News Agency, 27 January 2023.
  37. ^ New regions' move to Moscow time zone 'symbolic' – Kremlin, TASS Russian News Agency, 17 April 2023.
  38. ^ "Russian trains to end dependence on Moscow time". Business Standard. India. 25 July 2018.
  39. ^ Russian Railways – Time tables
  40. ^ for example http://www.iktport.ru/
  41. ^ Новости NEWSru.com :: С 1 мая Томская область перешла в новый часовой пояс. Newsru.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
  42. ^ proposed time zone package changes. Gmane. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
  43. ^ proposeed time zone package changes Chile Russia Irkutsk Buryatia Morocco. Gmane. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
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