Everything about Moscow Time totally explained
Moscow Time is the
time zone for the city of
Moscow,
Russia and most of western Russia, including
Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the 11
time zones of Russia. In accordance with the
16 June 1930 Decree of the
Council of People's Commissars, the
Decree Time was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each
time zone of the
USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of
Coordinated Universal Time.
Moscow Time is in use for scheduling
trains,
airplanes,
ships, etc. throughout the
Russian Federation, this time is registered in telegrams, etc. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on
radio stations as Moscow Time.
Moscow Standard Time (MSK, МСК) is 3 hours ahead of
UTC, or
UTC+3.
Moscow Summer Time (MSD) is an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time, making it
UTC+4.
Usage
The section of European
Russia (the portion of Russia west of the
Ural Mountains), which contains the city of
Moscow, use Moscow Time during the winter only, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March. In
Kaliningrad Oblast EET =
UTC+2 is used.
Samara Oblast, and
Udmurtia use
Samara Time (
UTC+4) instead of Moscow Time.
In
Samara Time Zone with
Samara Oblast, and Udmurtia
UTC+4 is used.
In the past Moscow Time was used in the former European parts of the
USSR:
In 1922-30 and 1991-92
EET was used in
Moscow.
Moscow Summer Time
Like much of the rest of the world, during the summer, Moscow Time shifts an hour forward to become
UTC+4.
Since 1981 it has been used in the European section of former
USSR:
until 1988 in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
until 1989 in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
until 1990 in Kaliningrad Oblast.
Moscow Summer Time was used briefly in Samara Oblast between 1989 and 1990.
Just as the city of Moscow used EET in 1991-1992, it used EEST in the summer of 1991. By the summer of 1992, the city and the region reverted back to Moscow Time.
Further Information
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