Samara Time

Last updated March 23, 2021

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 March 2010, Samara Time was UTC+04:00 in winter and Samara Summer Time (SAMST) was UTC+05:00 in summer. From that date, Samara Time was abolished with the two regions effectively joining Moscow Summer Time.^[1]^[2] In March 2011, Moscow time was moved forward to UTC+04:00 year-round, and Samara Time was reinstated on 26 October 2014, when Moscow time moved back one hour to UTC+03:00 year-round and Samara Oblast and Udmurtia remained on UTC+04:00. On 27 March 2016, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast switched to Samara Time by moving the clock 1 hour forwards from Moscow time.^[3]^[4] On 4 December 2016, Saratov Oblast also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time.^[5]^[6] On 28 October 2018, Volgograd Oblast also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time,^[7] but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020.^[8]^[9]

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[1] Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2010 г. N 166 г. Москва "О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса" (in Russian)

[2] Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 19 марта 2010 г. N 170 г. Москва "О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса" (in Russian)

[3] Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 15 февраля 2016 г. N 27-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени" (in Russian)

[4] Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 9 марта 2016 г. N 69-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени" (in Russian)

[5] Proposed Time Change in Saratov, Russia, Timeanddate.com, 14 November 2016.

[6] Vladimir Putin signed law on time change in Saratov Oblast, Vzglyad-info, 22 November 2016. (in Russian)

[7] Федеральный закон от 11 октября 2018 г. N 368-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в статью 5 Федерального закона "Об исчислении времени" (in Russian)

[8] New Time Zone in Russia's Volgograd Region, Timeanddate.com, 17 December 2020.

[9] Federal law of 22 December 2020 no. 432-FZ "On amendments to article 5 of federal law 'On the calculation of time'", Official internet portal of legal information of Russia. (in Russian)

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KALT	Kaliningrad Time	UTC+2	(MSK−1)
MSK	Moscow Time	UTC+3	(MSK±0)
SAMT	Samara Time	UTC+4	(MSK+1)
YEKT	Yekaterinburg Time	UTC+5	(MSK+2)
OMST	Omsk Time	UTC+6	(MSK+3)
KRAT	Krasnoyarsk Time	UTC+7	(MSK+4)
IRKT	Irkutsk Time	UTC+8	(MSK+5)
YAKT	Yakutsk Time	UTC+9	(MSK+6)
VLAT	Vladivostok Time	UTC+10	(MSK+7)
MAGT	Magadan Time	UTC+11	(MSK+8)
PETT	Kamchatka Time	UTC+12	(MSK+9)