Azerbaijan Time ( az, Azərbaycanda vaxt), abbreviated as AZT, is the standard
time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because i ...
in
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
, four hours ahead of UTC (
UTC+04:00). The
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typical ...
adjustment, Azerbaijan Summer Time (AZST), was one hour ahead at
UTC+05:00 and was introduced in 1997 and discontinued in March 2016.
Azerbaijan Time is the same as
Samara Time
Samara Time (SAMT) is the time zone 4 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+04:00) and 1 hour ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+1). Samara Time is used in Samara Oblast, Udmurtia, Astrakhan Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Saratov Oblast.
History
Until a reform on 28 Ma ...
(
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-eigh ...
),
United Arab Emirates Standard Time
United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT/ UTC ( UTC+04:00) and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for dayl ...
,
Georgia Time,
Armenia Time
Armenia Time (AMT) is a time zone used in Armenia. Armenia Time is four hours ahead of UTC at UTC+04:00.
Clock time is about one hour later than solar noon in Armenia. Consequently, population activity hours are similar to those in Paris or Ba ...
and
Seychelles Time
Seychelles Time, or SCT, is a time zone used by the nation of Seychelles in the Somali Sea. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+04:00).
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or s ...
.
IANA time zone database
The
IANA time zone database
The tz database is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. Paul Eggert is its current editor and maintainer, with the organizational back ...
contains one zone for Azerbaijan in the file
zone.tab
This is a list of time zones from release of the tz database.
Legend Type
* Canonical - The primary, preferred zone name.
* Link - An alternative name (alias) which links to a canonical zone.
* Link - A standard Link (as above). The dagger symb ...
, named Asia/Baku.
References
Time in Azerbaijan
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