Magadan Time

Time in Russia
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 MSK−1: Kaliningrad Time
UTC+03:00 MSK:+1 Moscow Time
UTC+04:00 MSK+1: Samara Time
UTC+05:00 MSK+2: Yekaterinburg Time
UTC+06:00 MSK+3: Omsk Time
UTC+07:00 MSK+4: Krasnoyarsk Time
UTC+08:00 MSK+5: Irkutsk Time
UTC+09:00 MSK+6: Yakutsk Time
UTC+10:00 MSK+7: Vladivostok Time
UTC+11:00 MSK+8: Magadan Time
UTC+12:00 MSK+9: Kamchatka Time

Magadan Time (Russian: Магада́нское вре́мя, Magadanskoye vremya) or MAGT, 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 UTC+11 (MSK+8) time zone was named Srednekolymsk Time, and was used by only 27,000 reidents 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 UTC+10:00 MSK+8
From 1930, Jun 21 UTC+11:00 MSK+8
From 1991, Mar 31 UTC+10:00 with DST MSK+8
From 1992, Jan 19 UTC+11:00 with DST MSK+8
From 2011, Mar 27 UTC+12:00 MSK+8
From 2014, Oct 26 UTC+10:00 MSK+7
From 2016, Apr 24 UTC+11:00 MSK+8

Areas on Magadan Time

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014", World Time Zone, 22 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan, Timeanddate.com, 7 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia, Timeanddate.com.
  4. ↑ Time Zone Database (IANA)
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