Time in Tajikistan explained

Tajikistan Standard Time
Offset:+05:00
Initials:BST
Dst Use:none
Display Observance:yes

Time in Tajikistan is given by Tajikistan Time (TJT;). Tajikistan does not currently observe daylight saving time.[1] The IANA identifier for Tajikistan Time is Asia/Dushanbe.

IANA time zone database

Data for Tajikistan directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself.

History

Historic time zones for Tajikistan (both as an independent country and a Soviet state)[2]

From To Zone DST
2 May 1924 21 June 1930 UTC+5 no
21 June 1930 1 April 1981 UTC+6 no
1 April 1981 31 March 1991 UTC+6 yes
31 March 1991 9 September 1991 UTC+5 yes
9 September 1991 Present UTC+5 no

Notes and References

  1. http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/tajikistan/dushanbe Time zone in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  2. Web site: IANA — Time Zone Database.