Yekaterinburg Time (YEKT) is the
time zone five hours ahead of
UTC (
UTC+05:00) and 2 hours ahead of
Moscow Time
Moscow Time (MSK, russian: моско́вское вре́мя) 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 eleven time zones of Russia. It has ...
(MSK+2).
In 2011,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...
moved to year-round
daylight saving time. Instead of switching between
UTC+05:00 in winter and
UTC+06:00 in summer,
Yekaterinburg time was set to
UTC+06:00 until 2014, when it was reset back to
UTC+05:00 year-round.
The time zone applies to the
Ural Federal District, and
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...
,
Orenburg Oblast and
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 ref ...
in the
Volga Federal District.
[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/russia]
See also
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Time in Russia
There are eleven time zones in Russia (within its internationally recognized borders), 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 Marc ...
References
Time zones
Time in Russia
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