Time in Russia

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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 eleven 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

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 22:07, 25 April 2024 KALT [refresh] UTC+02:00 MSK–1h Kaliningrad Oblast 1,012,512
Moscow Time 23:07, 25 April 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 00:07, 26 April 2024 SAMT [refresh] UTC+04:00 MSK+1h Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia and Ulyanovsk Oblast 9,337,988
Yekaterinburg Time 01:07, 26 April 2024 YEKT [refresh] UTC+05:00 MSK+2h
Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast and Yamalia
 20,954,998
Omsk Time 02:07, 26 April 2024 OMST [refresh] UTC+06:00 MSK+3h Omsk Oblast 1,926,665
Krasnoyarsk Time 03:07, 26 April 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 04:07, 26 April 2024 IRKT [refresh] UTC+08:00 MSK+5h
Buryatia
 3,377,130
Yakutsk Time 05:07, 26 April 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 06:07, 26 April 2024 VLAT [refresh] UTC+10:00 MSK+7h
Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic
 3,395,760
Magadan Time {{time}} – unknown timezone magt (help) UTC+11:00 MSK+8h
Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic
 654,621
Kamchatka Time 08:07, 26 April 2024 PETT [refresh] UTC+12:00 MSK+9h Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai 363,304

Daylight saving time

Main article:
Summer Time in Europe

Daylight saving time in Russia was originally introduced on 1 July [14 July,

Soviet government
six months later.

Daylight saving time was re-introduced in the

European daylight saving time rules, moving clocks forward one hour at 02:00 local standard time on the last Sunday in March, and back one hour at 03:00 local daylight saving time on the last Sunday in September until 1995, after which the change back occurred on the last Sunday in October.[citation needed
]

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

Russian Empire

In the

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

N.S.
), which dropped 13 days from the calendar.

Soviet Union

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,

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,

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,

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

UTC+12
Kamchatka Time

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,

MSK+1 (thus reinstating Samara Time; MSK+1), so from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00.[12]

On 23 May 1993,

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,

MSK+3.[14]

On 30 March 1997,

MSK+7.[15]

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

UTC+11
Magadan Time