UTC+03:00 explained

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UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2019-02-08T23:36:06+03:00.

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Istanbul, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Doha, Riyadh, Baghdad, Nairobi, Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa, Manama, Sanaa, Aden, Minsk, Kuwait City, Asmara, Antananarivo, Kampala, Amman, Damascus

Africa

See main article: East Africa Time.

East Africa

Antarctica

Asia

Arabia Standard Time

Arabia Standard Time, or AST (indicated by KSA on some Arabic TV stations), is used by some of the countries in the Middle East. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed. Between 1982 and 2007, Iraq observed Arabia Daylight Time (UTC+04:00) but the government abolished DST in March 2008.[5] [6]

Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:

Europe

See main article: articles, Further-eastern European Time, Moscow Time and Time in Turkey.

Most of European Russia, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land. From October 26, 2014 Moscow and most other parts of European Russia started using UTC+03:00 again, year-round.[7] Also on September 7, 2016, Turkey started using UTC+03:00 year-round.[8] [9] Besides the names mentioned above, the name "Eastern Europe Forward Time"' (EEFT) is sometimes used.

Caucasus region

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)

See main article: Eastern European Summer Time and Israel Summer Time. Principal cities: Kyiv, Bucharest, Athens, Jerusalem, Sofia

Europe

Asia

Africa

Discrepancies between official UTC+03:00 and geographical UTC+03:00

Areas in UTC+03:00 longitudes using other time zones

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Using :

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Areas outside UTC+03:00 longitudes using UTC+03:00 time

Areas between 67°30′ E and 82°30′ E ("physical")

Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00)

Areas between 22°30' E and 37°30' E ("physical" UTC+02:00)

Notes

  1. The westernmost point at UTC+03:00 is the westernmost point of contiguous Russia, near Lavry, Pskov Oblast (27°19' E). The time zone employed there (corresponding to 45°E) is 17°41' E of physical time, i.e. roughly 1 hour and 11 minutes ahead of physical time, making for the largest overall discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC+03:00.
  2. The easternmost point at UTC+03:00 is Cape Zhelaniya, Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (69°06' E). The time zone employed there (corresponding to 45°E) is 24°06' W of physical time, i.e. roughly 1 hour and 36 minutes behind physical time, making for the largest discrepancy between time used and physical time for UTC+03:00.
  3. On February 8, 2011, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree cancelling daylight saving time in Russia. Under the decree, all clocks in Russia advanced by 1 hour on March 27, 2011, but did not change back the following October, effectively making Kaliningrad Time UTC+03:00 permanently, and Moscow Time permanently. This proved unpopular because of the dark mornings, children walking to school and people going to work in complete darkness. On October 26, 2014, Russia permanently returned to standard time by setting the clocks back by 1 hour effectively making Kaliningrad Time permanently and Moscow Time UTC+03:00 permanently.
  4. Ukraine had UTC+02:00 plus regularly EEST from 1990 till 2011 (in years 1981–1990 Moscow Summer Time) until the Ukrainian parliament added 1 hour "on the territory of Ukraine from March 27, 2011" and canceled daylight saving time on September 20, 2011, de facto making EEST (UTC+03:00) the new standard time.[16] After strong criticism from the mass media, on 18 October 2011 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled its previous decision.[17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Current Times In Bassas da India.... Time Genie. 18 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Current Time In Europa Island, Europa Island.... Time Genie. 18 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Current Times In Juan de Nova Island.... Time Genie. 18 August 2012.
  4. Web site: World Time Zone Map Section # 19. WorldTimeZone.com. 15 July 2012.
  5. Web site: AST – Arabia Standard Time. timeanddate.com. 31 August 2011.
  6. Web site: Winter time change will be abandoned this year. cnnturk.com. 8 September 2016.
  7. http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/russia-abandons-permanent-summer-time.html Russia returns to European DST in October 2014
  8. Web site: Turkey Stays on Daylight Saving Time for Good. September 7, 2016. Time and Date. September 7, 2016.
  9. Web site: Occupied Northern Cyprus to Follow Turkey Time. September 14, 2016. September 14, 2016.
  10. Web site: Russia Time Zone Map. WorldTimeZone.com. 22 March 2018.
  11. Web site: Ukraine: Luhansk and Donetsk move to Moscow Time. www.timeanddate.com. 5 September 2018.
  12. Web site: DPR and LPR switch over to Moscow time. 5 September 2018.
  13. Web site: DST News - Donetsk and Lugansk Republics UTC+2 will join Moscow time zone UTC+3 at 3am on October 26 2014. www.worldtimezone.com. 5 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Transition to winter time will take place in Abkhazia in parallel with Russia - Vestnik Kavkaza. vestnikkavkaza.net. 5 September 2018.
  15. Web site: Egypt to reapply daylight-saving time annually to rationalise use of energy. Ahram. 1 March 2023. 20 March 2023. English.
  16. News: 20 September 2011 . Ukraine cancels use of daylight saving time . Kyiv Post.
  17. News: 18 October 2011 . Ukraine to return to standard time on Oct. 30 (updated) . Kyiv Post . 18 October 2011.

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