Magadan Time Explained

Magadan Time (MAGT) (Russian: магада́нское вре́мя, magadanskoye vremya) is a time zone in Russia, named after Magadan, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast. It is 11 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+11) and 8 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+8).

Between 26 October 2014 and 24 April 2016, Magadan Oblast was in UTC+10 (MSK+7), that is Vladivostok Time.^{[1] [2]} During this time, the (MSK+8) time zone was named Srednekolymsk Time, and was used by only 27,000 residents in the eastern districts of the Sakha Republic and northern Kuril Islands.^[3]

The time in Magadan has been as follows:^[4]

Start date	UTC offset	MSK offset
From 1924, May 2		MSK+8
From 1930, Jun 21		MSK+8
From 1991, Mar 31	with DST	MSK+8
From 1992, Jan 19	with DST	MSK+8
From 2011, Mar 27		MSK+8
From 2014, Oct 26		MSK+7
From 2016, Apr 24		MSK+8

Areas on Magadan Time

• Magadan Oblast
• Sakhalin Oblast

Eastern districts of the Sakha Republic:
Abyysky Allaikhovsky Momsky	valign=top	Nizhnekolymsky Srednekolymsky Verkhnekolymsky

See also

• Time in Russia

Notes and References

1. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia66.html "New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014"
2. http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-magadan-time-zone.html Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan
3. http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/russia Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia
4. https://www.iana.org/time-zones Time Zone Database