If one is available, please include a link to the new law, or to news coverage of the new law. With your help, we can ensure that this exhibit is accurate. If there's been a change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time where you live, please let us know. Japan, India, and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving. Today, approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. This map depicts countries that currently have DST, that previously had DST, and that never had DST. The Russian government approved a time change for the Volgograd Oblast.While the adoption of Daylight Saving Time is almost always rife with controversy, most of the world (except for countries around the Equator) has implemented DST at one point or another. Saratov Oblast changed from UTC + 3 to UTC + 4 Novosibirsk Oblast changed from UTC + 6 to UTC + 7 Tomsk Oblast changed from UTC + 6 to UTC + 7 Magadan Oblast changed from UTC + 10 to UTC + 11 Zabaykalsky Krai changed from UTC + 8 to UTC + 9 Ulyanovsk Oblast changed from UTC + 3 to UTC + 4

Sakhalin Oblast changed from UTC + 10 to UTC + 11 The Russian government approved ten time zone changes in 2016.Īltai Krai changed from UTC + 6 to UTC + 7Īltai Republic changed from UTC + 6 to UTC + 7Īstrakhan Oblast changed from UTC + 3 to UTC + 4 Kaliningrad is an exception and Sakhalin Railway typically shows both local and Moscow times. When traveling in Russia be aware that most airlines and airports follow local time but many railroad schedules follow Moscow Time which observes Russia Time Zone 2 (UTC +3). These regions were previously 8 hours ahead of Moscow. The Chukotka and Kamchatka regions now observe UTC+12 which places them nine hours ahead of Moscow. Udmurtia and Samara, which previously observed Moscow Time, now observe UTC+ 4 which places them one hour ahead of Moscow. Russia's Federation Council voted to add two time zones in Russia effective October 26, 2014. At this time there are no provisions for Russia to resume daylight saving time in 2015. Russia ended daylight saving time on Octoat 2:00 AM Moscow Time at which time clocks in most of Russia were turned back one hour. Russia's Federation Council voted to reverse the decree of Russia President Dmitry Medvedev issued in 2011 that put Russia on daylight saving time year round.

Russia previously utilized nine standard time zones, Kaliningrad Time UTC + 3, Moscow Time UTC +4, Yekaterinburg Time UTC +6, Omsk Time UTC + 7, Krasnoyarsk Time UTC + 8, Irkutsk Time UTC + 9, Yakutsk Time UTC + 10, Vladivostok Time UTC + 11, and Magadan Time UTC +12.Įffective OctoRussia ended year round daylight saving time and also add two new time zones. Russia currently uses eleven standard time zones, Russia Time Zone 1 (UTC + 2), Russia Time Zone 2 (UTC + 3), Russia Time Zone 3 (UTC + 4), Russia Time Zone 4 (UTC + 5), Russia Time Zone 5 (UTC + 6), Russia Time Zone 6 (UTC + 7), Russia Time Zone 7 (UTC + 8), Russia Time Zone 8 (UTC + 9), Russia Time Zone 9 (UTC + 10), Russia Time Zone 10 (UTC + 11), Russia Time Zone 11 (UTC + 12).

Russia time zones